Missing More Than Just a Conversation

Today’s post is a guest post by The Hearing Company.  I asked them to share some funny stories and they did not disappoint.  Read on!

MISSING MORE THAN JUST A CONVERSATION…

Guest article for DeafMomWorld.com from UK based high street hearing aid retailer The Hearing Company

As hearing aid retailers in the UK for more than 50 years, The Hearing Company is well versed in the need for crystal clear hearing.

But for an example of someone ‘learning the hard way’ look no further than Brazilian Valdemar Lopes de Moraes.

The 39 year old was suffering from ear ache but ended up receiving more radical treatment from his doctor – a vasectomy.

As reported by news agency Reuters, staff at the clinic had really called out the name Aldemar, who was actually scheduled for the snip, but hard of hearing Mr de Moraes headed for the treatment room instead.

When asked later why he didn’t complain, the father of two said he thought his ear inflammation “must have spread downwards.”

Travel a bit closer to home and quirky cases still prevail, though perhaps with slightly less significant consequences.

A favourite of staff at The Hearing Company comes from the casebook of one of its hearing aid dispensers.

It is standard procedure to follow up any delivery of a brand new hearing aid with a visit to monitor the customer’s progress and to offer advice and help if required.
This particular customer used her visit to express real concern over losing her hearing aid.  She concluded that the dispenser must have mistakenly taken it with him when he had met her the previous week.

Calmly he confirmed that he did not have her hearing aid and perhaps it would be a good idea for the lady to retrace her steps to see if the device was nearby.

As the pair checked the kitchen, the customer recalled a recent and particularly upsetting encounter in the room with “the biggest snail ever”.  A morbid fear of snails had led her to stamp on the offending creature and throw it out of the back door.

No prizes for guessing what the plastic debris outside really was. We are only grateful the customer didn’t find an actual snail and pop that in her ear instead…

The moral of the story? Take good care of your hearing and act quickly (and with caution) if you encounter a problem. And for those who do wear a hearing aid, take good care of the device that helps you hear…and perhaps consider taking a sight test as well!