The Hearing Aids that Exploded

The Hearing Aides that exploded

My husband has these state of the art hearing aides.  He never wears them.   So, after 18 months of saying a LOT of stuff, that he was undoubtedly missing (either on purpose or from hearing loss) I whined long enough until he finally put them back in .

I asked him, ‘How did it go?” on his teaching assignment one late evening after he had worn them.  He replied, ‘Oh it was fine, no problem”

Français : descente du col de la Gineste vers Marseille, depuis Cassis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Then he told me how he drove up the Gineste – our beautiful ride back to our home in Cassis which is long and winding and incredibly steep.  He said, “Well I didn’t want to tell you this, but on the way home, it felt like a fireworks went off in my head and I almost lost control of the car.”   “What??” I say?  He says, “Yes, I forgot that when you have a change of altitude – or atmospheric pressure – you’re not suppose to wear them.  It was so loud, I almost lost control of the car”     “Oh dear!”  I exclaimed.  “ How awful?  Are you okay?”

“What was that?”  he asks…………….

True story.

But then, they’re ALL true.

International Symbol of Deafness / Hard of Hearing This symbol indicates individual(s) who is deaf, hard of hearing, or having some degrees of hearing loss. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)