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Hard of Hearing Makes for Hard Living

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Hard of Hearing Makes for Hard Living
Hearing loss is gradual and often imperceptible. But when you get it back all at once, with the help of hearing aids, you realize what was lost. Motortion Films/Shutterstock
Donna Martelli
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I was 66 years young and didn’t think I could be hard of hearing. I mean, I could hear the TV, the movies, people talking, the phone, and the radio. Wasn’t that enough? However, I noticed a few things that made me wonder.

I watched a DVD with my sister (she’s only almost 40). I had trouble hearing when the actors spoke softly, and I asked her to please turn up the TV. She did, and I still couldn’t hear the actors unless they were talking with exclamation points.

Donna Martelli
Donna Martelli
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Formerly a professional dancer with the Harkness Ballet of New York, and faculty member at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, Donna was Director of Fitness Arts at LivRite Fitness. There, she taught Ballet, Barre, Pilates, Stretch and Conditioning, Personal Training and provided fitness consultations to members. She created Raise the Barre at LivRite, trained, qualified, and managed its instructors, and wrote its training manual. She is the author of “When God Says Drop It” and “Why the Dance,” available wherever books are sold.
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