hearing impaired

My shame ran so deep that I couldn’t admit to myself that I had a disability, even when it impeded my studies and my social experience.

This assumption that I would want to hide my hearing aids always feels to me like a hint that I should be embarrassed by my disability — but I have no intention of keeping it a secret.

This assumption that I would want to hide my hearing aids always feels to me like a hint that I should be embarrassed by my disability — but I have no intention of keeping it a secret.