Hard of hearing

The Day I Became Hard of Hearing Going into this experiment, I was a little worried about trying to function with hearing plugs inserted in my ears. I am a Live Sound Major as well as a musician and I have been trained to hear things acutely. I have yet to encounter someone that is deaf or hard of hearing in my personal life, so I didn’t feel comfortable right away. To begin the …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…had to concentrate harder than usual. It was beginning to be frustrating. I arrived at the store and everything went well until I hit the checkout line. I have the habit of day dreaming and it tends to hit when I am waiting. I snap out of it when I’m interrupted. This time I was not able to hear the lady saying next. The man behind me had to tap me on the back