Tag: Hearing Aid

Small Life Recap

I’m not sure why I am just now getting around to writing a quick life recap. I guess I didn’t think I was as busy as I was.

Prior to Easter, my friend Margaret stopped by to see the kids. They always love when she stops by. She was passing by our house on her way home, so she made a pit stop. In a couple weeks, she is taking the kids, Sam and I to the Detroit Opera House to see Bugs Bunny. They actually have a live orchestra that will play along with the cartoons. I cannot wait for this.

The kids with Aunt Margaret

It was a very cold Easter day! It was very windy. Some places were still flooded from the recent rains. The weather did not stop Nana from hiding eggs for the kids to find outside. They really lucked out this year, because it was just them. Their cousins were on a trip, so they loaded up on candy-filled eggs!

We had quite a meal, too. Sam’s mom had turkey, ham, potatoes, mac and cheese and loads of desserts. It was a nice, quiet day with good conversation.

I had hoped to get together with my boys before Easter, but Dimitri wasn’t feeling well. We were able to get together on Easter Monday for dinner. Ella was with her mom, so it was me and my three sons. We went to a nice place with a rustic feel to it. We had a really great meal and quite a few laughs.

The biggest change for me over the last week or so is having to get used to my new appliance.

I picked up my hearing aids and have been wearing them every day. Honestly, they make me feel like I don’t need them. Why? Because everything seems so loud now! My goodness, my kids talking, yelling or screaming make me wince. God forbid I am in a small room with them or in the car. Everything is magnified like three times.

I have to go back next week to see how they are working. At that time, they will set up Bluetooth. Yeah, high tech stuff. I’ll be able to answer my phone and it will go right to my hearing aids. I’m not sure what else they can do, but I suppose I will find out.

I suppose those are the big highlights from the week. Hopefully, you have had a great week, too.

Huh? Pardon Me? What?

This weekend was very odd. Saturday my mother-in-law called to see if the kids wanted to go to the circus on Sunday. They were excited and I took them over to spend the night, so they could go with Nana after they woke up.

I went home Saturday night and played on the Xbox for a bit and finished a book. When I woke up on Sunday, it was just me and the dog. When my wife got home, she went to bed after working all night. So I sat on the couch and finished listening to a book I had started, but didn’t finish because it was due back before I could finish it. I had to wait for it to come available again before I could finish it.

I wasn’t supposed to get the kids until after dinner, so I goofed around on the Xbox while doing laundry. I watched some TV and read some more. As I pulled into my in-law’s driveway, I got a text saying, “They want to stay another night.” When I walked in, they both looked at me and said, “What are YOU doing here!?” That made me laugh. I hung out for a bit and then went back home. They came home Monday night and I got them bathed and ready for bed early because they had to be back at school Tuesday morning.

Yesterday morning, I took Ella to school and then had an appointment with the hearing place. My wife has been asking me to get my hearing checked for some time. I finally made the appointment. When I arrived they doc asked me quite a few questions. I told her about the ringing/buzzing in my ears that I have had forever. I told her about the 30 years I wore headphones while working in radio. Then we got ready for the test.

They put me in the small room with a door that was like 4 inches thick. It was a soundproof room. They had me put headphones and then they started sending pulsating tones that I had to push a button when I heard them. It had to pulsate because of the ringing in my ears. It was more difficult than I thought. I felt like I couldn’t hear with my left ear, but they said that it was better than my right ear.

They had me repeat a few simple words: hat, safe, theft, feet, etc… that was the weirdest part of the whole thing. When they let me out of the room they showed me my results. I hear low tones better than high. So male voices don’t give me an issue, but high pitches I have difficulty with. Female voices can be difficult for me to hear at times. This, thankfully, proves to my wife that I am not ignoring her or the kids when they talk to me and I don’t hear them.

Bottom line, I will be getting hearing aids. My goodness, everything that screams “You’re old” just keeps catching up to me. I’m not sure what the cost will be, as they are waiting for the insurance company to get back to them. I haven’t looked at them yet, but I guess the new ones have Bluetooth on them, so when I answer my phone, it will connect to the hearing aid. Should this really excite me? I don’t know. I’m still trying to process this.

I suppose now I will have no excuse for not hearing what my wife says … unless I turn them off. LOL