I joined my radiologist in her office at a large medical system in my home city for our consultation appointment around a recent CT scan.  The session was scheduled to share information about the source of pain that had begun to radiate across my shoulder and down my arm a few months before.  I was nervous but hopeful as I settled into the chair in the specialist’s office.

About 25 years ago when my hearing was almost completely gone, there was barely any mention of hearing loss in the general media.  I clearly remember the pivotal moment when an article by Jane Brody miraculously appeared in the New York Times: Personal Health; Needless Silence for the Hearing Impaired.  To finally find an acknowledgment of hearing loss, the albatross that was rapidly encompassing my life, was a tremendous relief.  I am not the only one.