‘As you go about your business – shopping, walking, playing a sport, riding a subway – someone may notice that glint of silver behind your ear, or that almost-imperceptible plastic wire entering the pinna…’
And this is when the magic happens. The fact someone can see your hearing aid makes you an advocate for addressing your hearing loss.
Because I’ve worn hearing aids since the age of six, hiding them has always felt pointless.
I love having short hair anyway…but I also hated when I did go through a phase of having it slightly longer (a bob) having to ‘out’ myself most days to strangers as being deaf. I just want people to see them and not make a big deal about it, which 80% of people do.
But I guess now in middle age, people around me will be losing their hearing too and if I can silently persuade them to get help, that’s ok
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