Hearing Update

Those of you who are foolish enough to visit this blog regularly will know that I have been giving updates on the situation relating to my hearing.

The latest chapter in this story came yesterday, when I attended the local hospital here for a hearing test, and then to meet the consultant. The conclusion he came to was that, whilst in general my hearing could be described as appropriate for a person of my advanced years, with a slight deterioration at the high frequencies, he did think that my left ear was slightly worse than it should be. So I am now to be sent for an MRI scan to check the workings of my inner ear, (and presumably the rest of my head as well). If nothing is found as a result of the scan I’ll just have to put up with this loss, which is at the high frequencies, and which I’ve not noticed anyway. The consultant said that if they gave me a hearing aid it would amplify everything and drive me mad,  so I seem to be stuck with this situation anyway, and presumably the prospect of needing a hearing aid when I get really decrepit. If there is a further problem then I’ll get called back again. So I’m making progress, and will report further.