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I thought I was a bad listener. Turns out, I couldn’t hear

Conversations in crowded places were difficult and I didn’t like podcasts – then a hearing test changed everything

I thought I was just a bad listener.

I didn’t like podcasts. I’d routinely interrupt conversations, asking “what?”, not able to keep up. I could barely detect song lyrics and tended to prefer classical music. I studied literature throughout college and graduate school, so I assumed I was a textual learner. Conversations were difficult, especially in crowded places; I chalked that up to a deficit of personality.