"Holding a hand mirror and directing me to look into a standing one on the table, she held each in turn behind my ears. I could see her fitting my hearing aids. My hearing aids. 'This one's a little thicker, but it fits well.' They looked identical until she held them against one another. 'The larger battery's a big plus, and I like the pale gold with your hair and skin tone. Unless you prefer one of the other colours?' I hadn't. They looked splendid in her graceful fingers as they brushed against the side of my neck.
"'Now let's talk about your options for the circuitry.'"
(Older female audiologist, beautiful, plump, kindly, fair complexion, white hair with strawberry-blonde highlights in a hair-bun, blue-eyes, reading glasses, dark blue bow-necked blouse, white ruffled apron, pearl-white hearing aids) fitting a (pearl-gold BTE hearing aid) behind the ear of a (middle-aged ...