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A friend recently sent us a fantastic recent article from BBC News that he said we just had to read, and we’re so glad we did. The article was about David Llewellyn, a 64-year-old singer who nearly quit his choir due to hearing loss. He had noticed signs of hearing loss over several years, the article notes, but then he completely lost the ability to hear in his left ear.

It happened overnight — one morning when he answered the phone, he wasn’t able to hear the person on the line. Though he loved to sing, this hearing loss made it impossible to join in with his choir. Since he was only able to hear himself, he wound up singing way too loudly. He lost his confidence and considered quitting singing for good.

But instead of ignoring his hearing loss, Mr. Llewellyn got help — he got hearing aids. As he says in the article, “Once I had my two hearing aids, it was strange being able to hear so much all at once again as my brain wasn’t used to it.”

His hearing aids can be controlled via a remote control kept in his pocket, making it easy for him to adjust when he’s singing with the choir now.

Mr. Llewellyn’s story is a great one, indeed. Too often, people suffering from hearing loss are too afraid or embarrassed to seek help. Hearing aid technology has improved tremendously in the last few years, and wearing hearing aids can truly improve a person’s quality of life.

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