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Around the mid 1980’s I could tell that my hearing was not a good as most other people. By late 80’s I obtained mid power hearing aids that helped a great deal. However, over the years my hearing loss continued to progress and I graduated into increasingly more powerful aids. Eventually no matter how loud or amplified, I was completely unable to hear higher frequency sounds in the range of human speech and would miss more and more spoken words. Fortunately for me, a physician treating me set me up to be evaluated by an ear, nose and throat surgeon. In late 2011 I received a cochlear implant and a few weeks later was able to wear the associated sound processor. The improvement was amazing. I was able to hear all those sounds and speech that I had been missing.
I support the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) to help people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy and am a member of the local HLAA Chapter entrusted with providing the literature, brochures, magazines, etc. at our monthly meetings. We host the meetings and provide speakers to talk about hearing loss technology, medical research, legislation and other topics relating to hearing loss. We promote healthy hearing as essential to human welfare and routine screening for hearing loss in primary care.