Do you hear what I hear?
After doing some investigating, I ended up calling the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and speaking to someone. I don’t recall his name at the moment but he told me there was nothing he could do because I was not trying to go back to work. Of course that left me feeling very frustrated. My last hope was to call my case manager at my ASO. I told her what happened. She said she would see what she could do and get back with me in a few days. True to her word, she called in a few days to let me know that OVR had covered the cost of the co- pay for the hearing aids. I was happy that I would be able to hear again.
Now fast forward to today.....While talking on the phone to Rico, I realize that I couldn’t hear him very well. Instead of having him repeat himself, I just told him to call me back. Usually when this happens, it is the battery going dead or major wax build-up in my ears. I never had this problem before wearing hearing aids. After doing the usual troubleshooting, I find out that my left hearing aid is dead, as in ?gave up the ghost?. I frantically start looking around for my warranty card for my hearing aids. Found it, but it said the warranty had expired in September. Just fucking great! So I call the 800 number; which of course like all numbers is automated. It tells me to leave a message and that someone would get back with me in two days.
I am concerned now because my warranty expired and I wonder if that means I will have to pay another co-pay to get it fixed. The card did mention something about an extended warranty but knowing my luck, I probably would’ve had to apply for that while the warranty was still good. And if that is the case, no one explained it to me.
I can see it now. Tomorrow is going to be a day filled with frustration. I will be straining trying to keep up with the phone calls I will have to make. And I will be getting frustrated often trying to keep up with conversations. Maybe I should just act like I am totally deaf and start carrying around a notebook to communicate. Maybe this is a sign that my hearing may be leaving me soon. Who knows but like with every other hardship I’ve had to endure, I will adapt and try to move on......
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