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Not In the Drawer

Getting your first set of hearing aids is very traumatic. I had made up my mind that I was going to get used to them and I would wear them most of the time. I had just been fitted with mine when the technician left the office for a few minutes and I heard a “beep, beep”. I wondered if this was going to happen often and what it meant. However, by the time she came back in, I had forgotten all about it.

I was going down the stairs a few minutes later when I heard a sound like someone shaking an ice bucket. It was the set of keys in my pants pocket! Satisfied that I had identified that sound, I got in the car, turned the key and the sound of the seat belt alarm made me jump! Yes, I had heard it before, but very dimly.

The road noise on the twenty minute drive home was another new experience. When I arrived at our home in the country, the next thing I heard was a swishing and twittering sound that I had not heard before. My wife identified it as the birds, but it took some convincing before I agreed with her.

We were leaving that morning for our holidays and we were both looking forward to the trip. I was recounting the experiences I had already had that morning, when I heard the same “beep. Beep” I had heard in the office. My wife laughed and said, “That’s your watch, it goes off every hour”. I had never heard it before, but friends often told me that my watch made a beeping sound. The best thing for both of us was that I could hear my wife’s voice without having to ask her to repeat every sentence… She said that learning to speak quietly again would take some practice on her part after twelve years.

Yes, getting hearing aids is certainly interesting and different but with the right attitude, they can be a wonderful experience. Every day, I marvel at the sounds that I have nearly forgotten over the years and I enjoy every one of them. You will not find my hearing aids in a drawer gathering dust.

Several years have gone by and my hearing aids are still in my ears where they belong. I have learned that regular maintenance is very important to keep them in good condition. The Hearing Loss Clinic and Gerry Rhodes, BC-HIS (Hearing Instrument Specialist) have become a wonderful resource for me. Whenever anything goes wrong with my hearing aids, I know that I do not have to worry as Gerry will fix them up and I always look forward to my visits.

                                                                                                               -Dick Skow, Cranbrook, BC