I started losing my hearing right about the same time I got serious about music. Over the last twenty years I have been slowly going deaf but still managed to keep playing.

On August 25 I had a bone-anchored hearing aid activated at Johns Hopkins. I can hear!

Full story and a video here:
http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/clog/2009/08/31/my-near-deaf-youtube-guitar-teacher-can-hear-again/

Everything sounds wonderful!

-Patrick
http://dailyfrail.com/