We take the everyday
sounds of life so much for granted. So did I, till the simple
sounds of the ring of the doorbell, the volume of the TV, the clanging of my
kitchen utensils the maid was trying so desperately to destroy, the barking of
my golden retriever, Rani … became quietly silent !
What worried me most
was my non-participation in family conversations …. Around the dinner table,
watching TV together and the response of my grandchildren when their mother
scolded them for not spending more time with me “Ma, she can’t hear!”
My mobile was on
vibrating mode and all messages were text!
I resisted my family’s
efforts for a visit to the hearing aid specialist … my vanity not wanting to own up
that I had gown old and lost my ‘ears’ ! Just not facing the reality that
this was not something that would heal in time.
Until an incident made
me realize how much distress and anxiety I was causing my family. A
crisis of my own making! My granddaughter came home early from school one
afternoon … the only day there was no one with me … which never happened! I
never heard the doorbell or Rani’s barking till she ferociously tugged at my
sari and dragged me to the front door! My neighbors had been banging on it and
my granddaughter in tears!
I was ashamed that it
had come to this but the love and warmth of my family and a cup of chai, has
made me rectify a situation that could lead to a more serious crisis.
Amplifon has returned
me to the world of sound …. the magic of the birds twittering, the buzzing of
the bees, the clinking of the bunch of keys on my daughter-in-law’s waist, the
roll of thunder and the patter of the rainbows when it starts falling ! I had
been missing out on these comforting sounds … of course; the noise of the
traffic is now decibels louder!
I am glad I have taken
recourse to human technology …. It is there for us to take advantage of and
improve our lives!
Now I am peacefully
awake with my husband's snoring ringing in my ears!
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