Invisible aid has patients cheering， "Hear， hear！"
A personal account
Ron Hiskes， 67， a retired Hewlett-Packard laboratory manager， grappled at first with the transition to the Lyric.
First， it felt too big and irritated his ears. Then， a smaller size proved too small， creating whistling sounds in his ear. He went back to the original size and it finally fit， but then it got damaged by water in the shower. （The company says the Lyric usually has no problems in the shower， though it's not recommended for avid* swimmers.）
"I was almost ready to give them up， Hiskes said， when he finally got a pair that worked for him in every way. Then， the difference was stunning."
Clark， of the California Hearing Center， said the thing that most excited her is the Lyric's appeal to younger customers who have been in denial* about their hearing problems because they fear the stigma* of a visible hearing aid.
"Often they're suffering a lot more than they let on，" she said. "In many cases it starts to interfere with their employment. If we can get more people to come in and avail themselves of our services， they're going to be much more comfortable" even if it turns out the Lyric doesn't work for them.
A personal account
Ron Hiskes， 67， a retired Hewlett-Packard laboratory manager， grappled at first with the transition to the Lyric.
First， it felt too big and irritated his ears. Then， a smaller size proved too small， creating whistling sounds in his ear. He went back to the original size and it finally fit， but then it got damaged by water in the shower. （The company says the Lyric usually has no problems in the shower， though it's not recommended for avid* swimmers.）
"I was almost ready to give them up， Hiskes said， when he finally got a pair that worked for him in every way. Then， the difference was stunning."
Clark， of the California Hearing Center， said the thing that most excited her is the Lyric's appeal to younger customers who have been in denial* about their hearing problems because they fear the stigma* of a visible hearing aid.
"Often they're suffering a lot more than they let on，" she said. "In many cases it starts to interfere with their employment. If we can get more people to come in and avail themselves of our services， they're going to be much more comfortable" even if it turns out the Lyric doesn't work for them.