It can be scary, especially because you don't know exactly what will happen. I felt the same way, I was scared of what would happen. I had been "diagnosed" with hearing loss six years ago, but doctors finally admitted I had had hearing loss since I was 5 (I'm 24). I wore hearing aids and was soon glad that a friend in elementary school was deaf and taught me some sign language. Then a year ago, my car was forced to stop in front of the fire department to allow emergency vehicles to pass. The siren was loud and constant, I had to wait for almost four minutes while the vehicles passed. My ears began to ring and the sounds I could hear an hour before slowly got softer and I was scared that everything would change, that I wouldn't be able to hear music or my friends, but I found out that my "hearing loss" had changed, but my family and friends were still there and after I was fitted with new hearing aids I could still listen to my iPod. It's okay to be scared, most people are scared of the unknown, it's similar to a roller coaster, exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. Yes, you will have to change some things, if you don't have a telephone flasher, you might want one, or a tactile alarm clock and smoke detectors and it may frustrate you. Just remember that you are still YOU. Hearing aids, sign language or both, do what make YOU comfortable.
. I got the body style hearing aid .
