Life with One Ear
by Gabriel
Sudden hearing loss took one ear. Tinnitus took the silence. This is what living with both is really like, and what I've learned along the way.
For most of my life, I was the one who listened. On the 4th of December 2015, the hearing in one ear went, suddenly and without warning. But losing the ear was never the hard part. What I couldn't have known that day was that the silence wouldn't stay silent.
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