• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
Family Hearing and Balance Center

Family Hearing and Balance Center

Doctors of Audiology

  • Family & Cardinal Main Page
  • Contact our Audiologists
  • Meet Our Audiologists
  • Hearing Aid Videos
  • Hearing Aid Labs
    • Jabra Enhance Plus – Over The Counter Hearing Aids
    • Resound
    • Oticon
    • Signia
    • Widex
    • Noise & Swim Plugs
    • Phonak
    • Unitron
    • Starkey
    • Audiograms Explained
  • Tinnitus
    • Tinnitus affects quality of life
    • Counseling Tinnitus and Misophonia
    • Levo
    • Resound
    • Widex Zen
    • Neuromonics
    • OasisPro
  • Balance Testing
  • Cochlear Implant Mapping
  • CaptionCall Phone
  • Show Search
Hide Search

How Much Can My Ears Hold: Dale Hansen, Practice Administrator

I heard a joke the other day that I thought was just hilarious.

“I was reading a Thesaurus, and I thought it was terrible. In other words it was terrible.”

That joke just cracked me up…and then I realized it was because I am old. As I have aged, I have had to submit to reading glasses because my arm wasn’t long enough to read the printed word. As I aged further, then I had to submit to hearing aids. All of a sudden my ears were holding up not only reading glasses, but hearing aids and reading glasses.

Today presents further changes in social norms in that one is required to wear a mask. So now my poor ears had to hold up reading glasses, hearing aids, and now masks. How much can a set of ears hold up? Good thing they are getting bigger as I get older.

So eventually something was going to have to give. I couldn’t give up the reading glasses because well, I can’t read the printed word. I couldn’t give up hearing aids because well, then I couldn’t hear the spoken word. I can’t go without a face mask. So, I had to find a different mask than one that attaches to my ears.

My favorite thus far is the “ghluv” (spelled correctly). It is antimicrobial, and goes from the face, under the ears and around the back of the neck. When I pull it from my face it looks like an ascot. It is easy to breath through, and is washable and reusable.  So, there is a solution, one just has to do some research.

Masks are  here to stay for awhile and our ears are going to have to step up. What I miss the most are the smiles, in other words…the smiles.

Image by Shameer Pk from Pixabay

Written by:
Dale Hansen
Published on:
July 6, 2020
Thoughts:
3 Comments

Categories: Educational, Miscellaneous, SliderTags: Audiologist, audiology, family hearing and balance center.cardinal hearing centers

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Richard Reikowski

    July 6, 2020 at 11:16 am

    Nice post Dale! I liked thew part of the ears needing to step it up! LOL!. The word, ghluv, for this kind of mask is quite unique!

    Log in to Reply
  2. Gail

    July 6, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    Good story and good mask. I love that it’s antimicrobial!

    Log in to Reply
    • Richard Reikowski

      July 15, 2020 at 10:49 am

      I agree Gail!

      Log in to Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Explore more

Previous Blogs

Footer

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Sign up to receive an email every time we post a new blog!

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Contact Us

Akron  330-644-1932

Northfield  330-468-4288

Log in

  • No Surprise Act
  • Diversity Statement*Privacy Policy