Sensorineural Deafness Treatment in India

Pooja Davis, a 42-year-old high school...

Pooja Davis, a 42-year-old high school music teacher, had always had a keen ear. Over the past three years, she noticed a gradual, insidious decline in her hearing, particularly in her right ear. Conversations in her noisy classroom became a struggle, and she found herself constantly asking students to repeat themselves. The worst moment came when she could no longer reliably tune the cellos in her orchestra, the subtle harmonics were lost to her. An audiogram confirmed moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss, likely due to a combination of genetic predisposition and a lifetime of exposure to music. Her ENT, Dr. Chen, recommended a hearing aid trial. Pooja was initially resistant, associating the device with old age and fearing it would make her stand out. The fitting process was emotional; the first time the aids were activated, she was overwhelmed by the cacophony of sounds she had forgotten, the hum of the refrigerator, the rustle of leaves. It took weeks of fine-tuning and auditory therapy to adjust. Now, six months later, Pooja is back in her element. She can hear her students' quiet questions and the rich, full sound of her orchestra. Emotionally, she moved from grief and denial over her loss to acceptance and empowerment, realizing the device wasn't a symbol of limitation but a tool for reconnection.