Look Ma - No cords! (The day I lost my body aid)

For 30 years I wore a body style hearing aid, the most powerful instrument available for my profound hearing loss. Through the years I wore various aids which were comparable in size to a small transistor radio. In the 1980's technology was advancing to the point where ear level aids (aka behind the ear) were developed enough to provide adequate power (sound) for people like me. My dear and trusted audiologist, Cathy Bieri Ryan, convinced me that I should progress to this "miracle in a little package" (my terminology!) This little powerhouse freed me from wearing the "metal box resting on my chest" connected by a long cord to my ear "button" receiver. I felt freedom! That night when my husband hugged me, I was elated. No more pain from squeezing that hard hearing aid against my ribs!