There have been plenty of discussion on the topic of COVID, but there is one issue no one has brought up. That is the problems of wearing a mask and wearing hearing aids. For those who do not wear hearing aids be thankful for your hearing.
Love'em or hate'em masks are part of our lives. I am in a mask required state so I tolerate wearing mine.
The issue is taking the thing off and it is always tangled up with the over the ear hearing aids, too often pulling them off, but not out of my ears, especially the left ear. I have always caught it when it happens, that it till Wednesday when I noticed I was missing a hearing aid. Retracing my stops did not find it so it appears it's gone for good.
Now, I have one aid and hear in an unbalanced condition. My left ear is the good ear but without the two units working together everything sounds a bit off, including my own speech.
Buying a new one requires a pair to keep them matched, at $3000 each. The other option is the VA. I have not used the VA since I moved to Minnesota and I am quickly finding out that COVID and the natural bureaucratic ineptitude make getting into the hospital a challenge that requires more patience than I normally have. But, I don't have 6 grand just setting in a bank somewhere either.
Grrr, and I cannot sue the governor for the replacement cost.
Rant and venting over, frustration is on going.
Ken