New Ears Day

In my mid-20’s I found it hard to read. I went to the eye doctor, and sure enough, I needed glasses to read. My distance vision was better than 20-20, so I was fine there. Until last year. If I squinted, my vision was fine, but I really started to need to wear glasses all the time, and I have started wearing glasses full-time.

Now, it’s my hearing. I went to get my hearing checked a couple of years ago, but I didn’t do anything other than be armed with the amount of hearing loss I had. What has happened in the interim is that my hearing has gotten a little worse, to the point where if I’m in a crowd I can’t hear anyone speaking, so I’ll go quiet. Not a good move. So earlier this week I finally got hearing aids. They’re the behind-the-ear type, and are basically invisible. Now I hear more sounds – did I really need to hear more sounds? I did not miss some of the little sounds that I now hear – I wish that I could be more selective in what I hear, but that’s not really an option.

The other advantage to these hearing aids is that there is a music option that widens the spectrum of what I hear, so music sounds even better than before. That helps with this week’s podcast, which has Robert Palmer, Graham Parker, the Zombies, Holly Golightly, the Blasters, Dire Straits, the Golden Palominos, Cactus World News, the Woodentops, the Ohio Express, Tommy James & the Shondells, the Rascals, the Association, Johnny Rivers, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and the Staple Singers.

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