- May 19, 2024
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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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