Personal Narrative: My Experience With Hearing Aids

It was the fall of the year 2000, when I was six years old, my family gathered together one day for an important meeting — they had discovered my hearing loss, and this predicament paved the way for the communication struggles and frustration that I will face, but also opens a door to good friendship, love and support that I will receive. I am currently diagnosed with severe sensorineural hearing loss on both ears and is wearing bilateral hearing aids. Although I have many interests, hobbies, educational achievement, I feel my hearing impairment is a key component that defined me. My hearing aids improved my hearing but was not a cure. A deaf person David Peter said, “technology makes life so easy, and advances at such a breakneck clip, that sometimes we forget that all the tech in the world still can't change the way some people experience the world” (Peter, David). This phrase cannot be more accurate as there are many things I cannot
Most of the time, I was silent and ignorant because of the handicap that binds me away from important conversational information where most people take for granted. I must acknowledge however, the compassion and kindness I received from my family, friends, doctors and teachers touched me and encouraged and empowered me to fight against with my limits. Since I am not socially interactive, I treasure the close friends that I have, who are not judgmental about my hearing loss and will make an effort to meet with me in quiet environments. One of my teachers in high school would write me a repeat and summarize all the important information taught, deadlines and assignments to me individually after class. While I am constantly at battle in term of listening and communication, the warm-heartedness of people around me makes hard of hearing is just a wall to get over but not one that could not be