15/06/2026
The Power Of Three
Well they say good and bad things happen in threes! So here they are:
The council give only days notice to close certain parts of Main Road, but itβs a lottery every day as to which part of the road is closed π
Next we decide to take a holiday whilst all the disruption is happening entrusting that the holiday company will get us to our destination in good timeβ¦..well of course we faced lengthy delays due to air traffic closures and too many bags on the plane βοΈ
To complete the power of three, the technology we pay huge amounts to BT each and every day for will work just fine, oh wait all phone systems go down the day we arrive at our hotel π©βπ»
So naturally we consider at how the above relate to the auditory system and how we process information:
Road closures are akin to damaged hair cells in the ear not being able to allow the flow of sound through the organ.
The flight delays are thousands of flight paths across the sky just like hearing in complex noise situations and when hearing loss is present we may struggle to cope with remaining pathways as the neurological signal is delayed.
And finally the phone systems, when they are down, no one can contact us, we can not contact them so our ability to communicate is disrupted.
But as we are blessed with other forms of coping strategies we can report we had a wonderful family holiday, we arrived late but safe, the phone lines are down but we can still communicate via social media and other forms and finally our road network, yes they have been disrupted but already there are stories of how our community rallied together and dealt with the issues.
We saw those patients that could not come to us at the practice in their homes, we heard of friend, family, neighbours walking to run errands for those who were most affected. That is community, that is combating the issues and we will all be better for it in the end.
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