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‘Hear’ and Now

Observer columnist Mike Cavaliere is going deaf way too young — which is right on brand with his lovable curmudgeon persona.


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Sustained hearing loss and dizziness led Mike Cavaliere to the dreaded MRI tube.
Sustained hearing loss and dizziness led Mike Cavaliere to the dreaded MRI tube.
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Going deaf is supposed to be an old man’s game — along with bocci ball and bandying about the word “wisenheimer” — but I’ve always considered myself an “old soul,” so I got in on the action at 30.

“This is the normal hearing range,” an audiologist — the latest in a long line of ENTs and specialists I’d seen — explained, drawing an imaginary line with his finger on the graph of my hearing test. “This is a poor hearing range.” Another, lower line. Then, he slid several inches down the page. “This … is your left ear.”

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