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[avant-garde]

@tyme 

Ok, so many questions, yes I'm 35, but I actually was told I needed them when I was 34 at my first hearing test.

1. How do I feel? 

I hated the idea, there are no ads with young people needing them, there's a lot of stigma about them being an old person thing. Once I got them they weren't as described, couldn't connect and stream audio to them. Once I see a really good hearing technician who program programmed them with modes it was much much better, driving mode, conversation mode and standard.

2. Why I need them?

I had multiple ear infections a year as a kid that my ears started rejecting the chest ear drops, to then be prescribed the expensive ones that my dad never wanted to pay for, so didn't. It eventually started affecting my hearing and doing damage. 

Wearing them was an extreme trigger for me in the beginning because all it did was remind me of why I need them, it's still hard, but not as bad as I have others in my life that have them too and the speech is less fuzzy. I don't wear them all the time but I do find them helpful. 

I like turning the volume down in shopping centres

[Louie333]

@tyme I am so glad you are starting to feel better. Your little thorns in the flesh analogy is really quite beautiful and filled with hope despite those thorns still being there for you. I hope the thorns soon become softer in your thoughts when your mind and heart are ready🤗 

I don't generally like cats but this one is my Child's heart desire, she is growing on me apart from the hit and miss litter tray antics involving my bed, claws in legs and attacking any and all furniture......etc... Agh, dogs are far easier to train, horses too for that matter, it is just more impractical to wear horses as a soothing companion🤔

[Shaz51]

Yes shopping centres can be very noisy @avant-garde so we are lucky as we can turn the volume down 

[tyme]

I know someone who had leukemia as a child and the medication damaged his hearing as well as his heart. He's in his 30s and wears hearing aids in both ears @Shaz51 @avant-garde 

@Shaz51 , so were you born with hearing loss?

[Louie333]

Hello @Shaz51 

I hope you get to the bottom of your insulin levels🤗  

[Shaz51]

Yes cats 🐈 are so different to 🐕 dogs @Louie333 

How old is your cat 

Mine is 16 years old 

[Shaz51]

Yes @tyme and with my eyes 👀 too 

I have CRS which was caused by mum having German measel when she was pregnant 

But the specialist now thinks I may have turners syndrome 🤔 

Seeing the doctor tomorrow @Louie333 about my diabetes 

Last night the number was 19 

And my fasting blood sugar level was 10.3 way tooo hight 

[tyme]

Sorry for all the questions @avant-garde , but I really appreciate you sharing. It helps me understand so much more.

I don't have much experience with hearing loss etc. 

And yes, you are right. There is so much stigma around hearing aids only for the elderly. Hence I was afraid to ask. 

It seems like using hearing aids is more common that I realised!

For my BIL, one specialist said it's something about how his ear is formed... but I don't understand it.

[Shaz51]

Interesting @tyme 

My left ear has no canal , it has a wall inside the ear , totally hearing loss 

[Louie333]

We also have a 16 year old cat @Shaz51, the kitten is 11 weeks old. The grumpy old man does not love the bouncy kitten trying to play with him😊