I lost all hearing in my left ear, and half of it in my right, by the age of eight (a side-effect of an antibiotic given, ironically, for ear infections). When my mother sent a letter to my school asking if I could be seated at the front of the class in order to hear, she mentioned I was learning to lip read. The headmaster interrupted a…
I lost all hearing in my left ear, and half of it in my right, by the age of eight (a side-effect of an antibiotic given, ironically, for ear infections). When my mother sent a letter to my school asking if I could be seated at the front of the class in order to hear, she mentioned I was learning to lip read. The headmaster interrupted a class to ridicule what he saw as parental overreach, and had me try to read his lips through the glass window in the classroom door. Humiliating. I love music, but I can;t hear stereo, having no directional hearing. In later life I invented various electronic and acoustic stethoscopes to make it easier for me to examine patients. The idea that I would prefer to stay like this is ridiculous, and is simply sour grapes from those angry at having, like me, no choice about it.
I lost all hearing in my left ear, and half of it in my right, by the age of eight (a side-effect of an antibiotic given, ironically, for ear infections). When my mother sent a letter to my school asking if I could be seated at the front of the class in order to hear, she mentioned I was learning to lip read. The headmaster interrupted a class to ridicule what he saw as parental overreach, and had me try to read his lips through the glass window in the classroom door. Humiliating. I love music, but I can;t hear stereo, having no directional hearing. In later life I invented various electronic and acoustic stethoscopes to make it easier for me to examine patients. The idea that I would prefer to stay like this is ridiculous, and is simply sour grapes from those angry at having, like me, no choice about it.