My New Change

Last week I wrote a post about change. Well this is week one of my change.. I picked up my hearing aids and had them adjusted. As I walked out of Costco and didnt realize it but my brain was paying close attention to every sound that was being made. The birds singing in the trees, women walking in high heels, the turn signal in the car, just so many sounds.. One that will never escape me is our dogs nails on the floor, or my small dogs whimper to go out to relieve herself.

There are sounds that many hearing take for granted. You dont realize that those that have been hearing have been tuning out sounds, As well as those of us that aren't hearing so well dont realize how much we are missing. You see when I used to wonder what it sounds like to hear rain fall. Now I can hear it and it makes me smile. But dont get me wrong there are downsides. The loud restaurant that wasn't loud before, has become very much overwhelming.  You find yourself first turning them down then muting them all together.

Overwhelming to hear the roar of the airplane, or the annoying voice of that pesky flight attendant, or even that one child that cries the whole 2 hrs of a flight. Those sounds that you could never hear before and now they are all coming through your brain all at once.. Yes it can be overwhelming. There is a good side to it all.. The key word MUTE.  When you get overwhelmed turn it down til your comfortable or just mute it and breathe deep.

There is a lot of things I have to get used to like instead of turning my hearing aids down, I should in turn turn the tv down. I have to remember that not all sounds are for me. There are times when I should just pay attention and zero in on what I need to hear and not all that is around me to hear. I have to retrain my brain to know the sound of my voice and to understand certain consonants.

Hearing Aids are to aid you in hearing better, they will not act as glass and correct your hearing. Remember that tones and pitches will still be a problem for some. But with the help of your audiologist they will fine tune them to fit your needs.