This post was written for Five Minute Friday
Word prompt--PERSUADE
Five minutes to free-write about it
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My daughter has been trying to persuade me to get hearing aids for a while.
One of the reasons I've resisted is that my issue is not volume so much as being able to distinguish certain words that contain letters that sound alike. I can hear a person speaking loud enough, but struggle to understand similar sounding words such as "bread" and "thread," or "15" and "50," which can result in my hearing something different than what was actually said.
Hearing aids that could be customized to meet my specific auditory frequency needs are very pricey and not what I would consider a justifiable expense at this stage.
Well, my daughter bought me a pair of AirPod Pro 2 buds that can double as hearing aids and persuaded me to just give them a try. She pointed out that even if I didn't like the hearing aid feature, I could still use them to listen to music or podcasts, so I agreed to do it.
This latest series of AirPods Apple has come out with has software that enables you to take a hearing test, which is then used to customize your hearing experience. The results were truly amazing. Not only was the sound quality excellent, but the difference it made in my hearing was quite remarkable. She was happy, and so was I.
Do I have a good daughter,or what? I am so grateful I let her persuade me to try them out.