I've needed them since I was six.
This is damage going back to then because of ear infections at the time. Of course, my parents didn't have the money, so I didn't bother, so I never went to places with lots of white noise (clubs, bars, etc.) and I can get by in not-so-noisy situations with my awesome lip reading skills.
Now, I'm going dancing, going to bars, etc, and it REALLY sucks. I can't hear half of what people say to me, and I mishear the other half. That's what pushed me to check it out.
And I just climbed out of the hole I'd been in since I moved out... Back into it again. :(
