G.+Narrative+Essay

Ever since I was born, I have a hearing loss in my left ear. I have to overcome obstacles everyday because of this. I also have ADHD this is another obstacle I deal with everyday. To overcome these obstacles in school I can get more help, sit in the front of the class, and when I am hanging out with friends I ask them to speak louder.

An advantage of having a hearing loss is I can get more help from the teachers if I need to. I could ask if I can stay after school and have the teacher go over the lesson again. In some of my classes I have two teachers were I can get double the help. If I did not understand what the main teacher is saying I would just ask the other.

To overcome my hearing loss in class, I have a sitting requirement. So I sit right in front of the classroom. My good ear would be facing the teacher. Also sitting in the front is great for me because I would have less distractions. Most people sit in the back were the distractions are.

However, most of the time when I am hanging out with friends I can never hear them. I always ask them to repeat what they said and they always get mad. A strategie to overcome that is to get closer to them and then ask them to repeat what they said. Also I would ask them to speak louder.

Nevertheless, I have to deal with this problem everyday for the rest of my life. People say that having a partial hearing loss is not a big deal because your not fully deaf. Well, they could bot be more wrong. It is still very hard to hear. With these strategies that I use in school and with my friends helps me overcome my hearing loss. I will continue to use these strategies for the rest of my life because they are very helpful.