[nagdu] blind sided sorta

[Bryan Brown]

Stepper,

    Most of the men in my family have the same problem. As far as I know we 
all use the same method to clean our ears, a "water pick" you've got to be 
careful, but this is a very effective flushing technique.

    B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stepper" <stepper12 at cableone.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:56 PM
Subject: [nagdu] blind sided sorta


> Hello to all listers.
>
> The following may seem ridiculous, however, I believe I am not alone in 
> one of the biggest surprises of my life.
>
> Please read this letter I wrote that was published in my home town in the 
> paper this last weekend.
>
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>
> There is no one that depends on there hearing more than those of us that 
> are blind.
>
> I went to a well known local non-profit organization and had a hearing 
> test by a doctor of Audiology at the tune of $166.00.
>
> I was told I needed $6,500 worth of hearing aids that they just happen to 
> have in stock. .
>
> I went to a hearing aid store and was told basically the very same thing 
> again.
>
> I decided to have my ears checked out by a ear doctor before committing to 
> that kind of spending.
>
> ! surprise! The doctor found my ears were impacted with ear wax, even 
> though I clean my ears routinely.
>
> The doctor said there is a percentage of people that this is a life time 
> problem.
>
> It would have been discovered
>
> I than remembered that my mother while alive had to have her ears cleaned 
> out by a doctor regularly. However, I never gave it a thought that I may 
> have the same problem.
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> None of my children have ever had there ears messed with and there all 
> around 40's now.
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> if either place would have looked in my ears with a light.
>
> Guess what? I can hear fine now. How many people are sold expensive 
> hearing aids when a good cleaning will work.
>
> Beware! clean first, buy second.
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> This is after the letter. I would have never known, and was having more 
> and more trouble hearing as time past for years now. I just still can't 
> believe it was wax.
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>
> Here's the real killer, I am now 63 years old, and was issued aids twice 
> in my life before hand, but was always fussing with them. Turning them up 
> and down, taking them and out.
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> It makes me believe its always been a deep cleaning problem all this time.
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> I was also having a really hard time with traffic with left turn lanes, 
> and really screwed up when the guide dog rep was here for the Juno walk.
>
> He is the one that told me to get my hearing checked
>
> That if I couldn't end up hearing better than this, I wouldn't be able to 
> go for a dog..
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> I hope this helps someone somewhere sometime
>
> .Stepper
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