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Hearing Loss: Come introduce yourself and connect with others
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@colleenyoung Hi. I'm a 45-year-old man with congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, with profound loss at high frequencies (3,000-8,000Hz). I didn't get my first hearing aid until my Senior year in college, although I first failed a hearing test in kindergarten. I'm now on my third set of digital aids (Widex) and have a streamer for my cell phone. Even with the aids, group conversations are impossible for me. My hearing loss has caused significant social isolation. I recently started attending local HLAA meetings.
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@cjspizz Why don’t you get a cochlear? You’re too young to be isolated!
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@cjspizz I agree with you, it can cause social isolation.
We went out to dinner with friends last night and that presented two problems. First, it is so difficult to eat out and keep sodium low, which I need to do, and second that it's so hard to hear. Thankfully the restaurant was not busy so it wasn't as bad as usual, and my friend wore my "Connect Clip" -- a little microphone that directs a person's voice right into my hearing aids. As I said to my husband on the way to dinner though, I enjoy being social but these two problems are making it much less enjoyable.
I know my dinner had too much sodium, so I only ate half of it. Portions are always too big anyway.
JK