No need to apologise. I went deaf at 19/20 during my first year at university, which made things a little difficult. No-one is entirely sure why. I'm 19 and have perfect hearing, I'm 20 and I can't hear anything without a hearing aid.
I sought an answer and went to the John Radcliffe (I was an...
Identifiable sounds. I spent much of a decade trying to figure out what noise pervaded my bionic ears. My cochlear implant means I am able to tell the difference between a firework (currently some in BN1) and a knock on the door.