These Things Is Miracles

Anxious Machine by Robert McGinley Myers

Jul 19, 201522:07Society & Culture

When she was growing up, Adrienne didn't want to believe she was losing her hearing, and she didn't want to wear hearing aids. This is the story of how she decided to embrace the technology that restored her hearing, and...

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