Now, the audiologist side. If you think eye tests are odd, try the hearing test. You sit in a soundproofed booth that feels like a spaceship’s toilet, and a voice whispers, “Repeat these words… fridge… pizza… angry goose.” I said “angry goose” ten times, and they still couldn’t confirm if I had tinnitus or I was just hungry. The audiologist told me, “Your hearing is like a dodgy radio in a tunnel.”
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Here’s the kicker: they let you try on hearing aids that are smaller than a pea, and suddenly you can hear the receptionist’s gum-chewing from three rooms away. It’s both magical and terrifying. You’ll realize you’ve been nodding along to conversations you couldn’t actually hear for the last five years. “Oh, you said your cat died? I thought you asked about the weather.”
