Sarah Story
I was 4 ½
years old when we discovered my hearing loss. My teacher noticed that I
didn’t respond to her when she asked me a question, then she started
getting worried about me. So, on the first parent – teacher meeting of that
year, my teacher explained to my parents what was wrong with me and then
mum and dad decided to take me to my doctor. My doctor said that I had
hearing problems so she referred me to an audiologist and he said I had to
have hearing aids. I had to do a further test, which meant I had to be
sedated. That further test confirmed that I had hearing loss. Once I got my hearing aids I realised
that I could hear much better but it took a while to get used to them.
Before I
got my hearing aids I had to have my ear-mould made and I didn’t like the
way the audiologist put a substance that looked like a piece of soft play
dough in my hear. Now I know it is nothing to be afraid of. Now that I have
hearing aids I can carry on with my piano, listen to music and talk to
friends normally without having to ask them all the time what they were
saying. I also had an FM with wires at school for the first year but now I
have a wireless FM and it is much better.
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