Hearing Aids for a Musician
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For as long as I can remember, my greatest passion has been playing violin, but I was born with a 50% hearing loss in both ears.
A year ago, I developed serious health issues with my ears that are still currently active. Starting July of 2017, I had 6 months of acute ear infections and was on antibiotics for 4+ months. I started experiencing sharp pain in both my ears due to certain noise, weather and other circumstances.
I’ve seen several doctors in Michigan, none of which have been able to give me a correct diagnosis or a permanent solution to help manage the pain.
I am currently seeing a new set of doctors here in Los Angeles and have still not had much success.
Due to my health decline, it was concluded that I need new hearing aids as my old ones are outdated and make the pain worse.
However, my insurance only covers a small part of the cost of the new hearing aids .
These hearing aids may not help stop the sharp ear pain completely, but without getting them, functioning in my daily life and continuing music is impossible for me.
Though my life as a musician and a human being has changed because of these challenges, my desire to pursue my dreams as a musician remains the same, if not, more determined than before.
Every day, I have a choice to decide whether I will take that extra mile to go out there, to embrace my hearing loss and allow to it to be a tool that can propel me to do more.
I love to perform and I want to stand up for others through my music and speak out to people. I aspire to help them find that never-ending flame that burns in times of trials and tribulations. I dream to play the violin in a way that would create a healing balm to the troubled souls of this world.
A year ago, I developed serious health issues with my ears that are still currently active. Starting July of 2017, I had 6 months of acute ear infections and was on antibiotics for 4+ months. I started experiencing sharp pain in both my ears due to certain noise, weather and other circumstances.
I’ve seen several doctors in Michigan, none of which have been able to give me a correct diagnosis or a permanent solution to help manage the pain.
I am currently seeing a new set of doctors here in Los Angeles and have still not had much success.
Due to my health decline, it was concluded that I need new hearing aids as my old ones are outdated and make the pain worse.
However, my insurance only covers a small part of the cost of the new hearing aids .
These hearing aids may not help stop the sharp ear pain completely, but without getting them, functioning in my daily life and continuing music is impossible for me.
Though my life as a musician and a human being has changed because of these challenges, my desire to pursue my dreams as a musician remains the same, if not, more determined than before.
Every day, I have a choice to decide whether I will take that extra mile to go out there, to embrace my hearing loss and allow to it to be a tool that can propel me to do more.
I love to perform and I want to stand up for others through my music and speak out to people. I aspire to help them find that never-ending flame that burns in times of trials and tribulations. I dream to play the violin in a way that would create a healing balm to the troubled souls of this world.
Organizer
Abigel Szilagyi
Organizer
South Pasadena, CA