Being Deaf Has Taught Me Some Valuable Lessons

I am not any less of a human being for wearing hearing aids.

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I have been wearing hearing aids for almost 30 years. When I got my hearing aids for the first time at age five, I couldn’t wait to show my friend who lived down the street.

I wasn’t even halfway to her house when I heard this noise outside that I had never…