xFrecklesx
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I have a high frequency hearing loss in both ears that i have had since a child. When i was younger they tried fitting me with a hearing aid but i didn't wear them as they whistled and caused me much annoyance, and it was later found that my hearing problem is as a result of the hairs in my cochlear being bent so the high frequency sounds are not being 'wafted' by the hairs to my brain.
Although my high frequency loss is quite significant, i can manage fairly well without aids, but lately my audiologist informed me that a new type of hearing aid has been made available that might be able to cope with my loss without making the sounds i hear normally seem overly loud. (it can be made specifically to pick up the sounds i miss) so i have gone for that.
BUT the thing is i feel a bit nervous about wearing them again. One part of me is saying who gives a damn who knows, if anyone has a problem with me wearing a hearing aid its their problem not mine, and as i'm training to be a teacher i feel i need to be able to hear properly. But i can't help but feel a slight stigma attached to them as i was bullied at school for wearing them and singled out and its gonna take a long while to get used to them. Am i normal to feel this way? xx
Although my high frequency loss is quite significant, i can manage fairly well without aids, but lately my audiologist informed me that a new type of hearing aid has been made available that might be able to cope with my loss without making the sounds i hear normally seem overly loud. (it can be made specifically to pick up the sounds i miss) so i have gone for that.
BUT the thing is i feel a bit nervous about wearing them again. One part of me is saying who gives a damn who knows, if anyone has a problem with me wearing a hearing aid its their problem not mine, and as i'm training to be a teacher i feel i need to be able to hear properly. But i can't help but feel a slight stigma attached to them as i was bullied at school for wearing them and singled out and its gonna take a long while to get used to them. Am i normal to feel this way? xx