I was 66 years young and didn’t think I could be hard of hearing. I mean, I could hear the TV, the movies, people talking, the phone, and the radio. Wasn’t that enough? However, I noticed a few things that made me wonder. I watched a DVD with my sister (she’s only almost 40). I had trouble hearing when the actors spoke softly, and I asked her to please turn up the TV. She did, and I still couldn’t hear the actors unless they were talking with exclamation points. There were several other clues as well, such as missed phone calls because I couldn’t hear the ring, missed portions of my pastor’s sermon, and my son saying “Mom, that TV is loud!” because I hadn’t noticed. And every time my husband spoke to me, I had to say “What?” and then have him repeat it louder or closer. That wasn’t …