My hearing isn’t great, but better than lots of folks my age.

Nevertheless it could be better. So I had an appointment with HearX to have my hearing tested for the first time in probably six or seven years. I have no hearing in the right ear (just as it’s been since I had the acoustic neuroma removed in 1980.) The test said I have total loss in the right ear and minimal lost in the left.

I’ll get new “cross hearing aids.” The right one will send sounds to the left one. They are really small and fit totally inside the ears. After a 45-day trial, I can decide if I want them or not. I’m sure they’ll be about four or five thousand.

If I spend that much, I’m going to wear them. Maybe I’ll find them helpful.

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Well that experience was short-lived.

I got my hearing aids the day after the testing (several days early). The cost was just shy of $4,000. The person who’d tested me put them in my ears. The right one fell out. He put it in again. It fell out again. It happened several times. He worked with it until it finally stayed and I left the office. In the parking lot, I found the right one in my hair. Obviously the fit wasn’t right but after practicing a bit, the next day I felt confident enough to wear them to a meeting at the North Clubhouse.

As the meeting was winding down, I realized the right one was missing. I back-tracked but didn’t find it. I called the HearX office where I’d gotten them and told the receptionist that I’d lost one. I have an appointment on Tuesday.