I had my second hearing test yesterday and the results were more or less the same. This audiologist didn't try to push her hearing aids off on me. She seemed to realize that this was big news. Finding out that I've already lost almost half of my hearing was something that I had to adjust to. I asked her how this could happen. She explained that exposure to loud noise constantly like headphones or it could be hereditary. She let me know that I could come back when I was ready to purchase hearing aids. I thanked her and left. When I got home I called my mom to give her the news. She let me talk but we mostly talked about solutions. I told my dad when he got home and he was in solution mode instantly. I spent the rest of the night searching for cheaper options for hearing aids. I knew there had to be some cheaper than Miracle Ear and I was right. Miracle Ear was among some of the most expensive I came across.
As I did my research I couldn't help but notice that all the brochures and pictures on the websites featured older people. There were no hearing aid websites that I went to that showed young people enjoying life with their new hearing aids. That made me feel somewhat like a freak and old even though I wasn't. I wondered what this meant; I need hearing aids. But I didn't let myself dwell too long because I needed them and needed to find a way to get them. Medical insurance doesn't cover hearing aids and while the ones I found were cheaper than Miracle Ear they were still above my price range. The cheapest were around $900+. I didn't have that kind of money. I also set up appointments with a couple of other audiologist that offered free hearing tests. It didn't hurt to get third and fourth opinions.
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