I was glancing through my magazine the other day and read a full page ad for a hearing aid.
It promised to be better than those expensive ones...
No hearing test required...And the price was "affordable."
The ad bragged that no one would see
your hearing device when you wear it....
And they would ship it to your home in a
plain, unmarked package!
Well, how tempting!
The mailman won't know I have ordered a hearing aid,
but he will probably think I have ordered some
x-rated materials!
Actually, I do have a hearing aid already,
but should really have one in each ear.
Someday.
But what is it with the stigma on hearing loss?
Although I don't want a hearing aid that it huge and has
a long wire with a battery on it, why must it be
a "secret" that one has a hearing aid?
When I got mine, people told me,
"I can't even see it."
{They didn't say that when I got glasses;
For some reason, glasses get compliments.}
Since I have had a hearing loss most of my life, I have
experienced the social stigma it carries.
Time to remove the stigma and the plain brown wrapper.
1 comment:
Excellent point! No one would worry about seeing a leg brace or, like you mentioned, glasses. Why would a hearing loss be treated differently?
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