The Lack of Clarity

Clarity is the quality of being coherent and intelligible.  We’ve lost it!  Have we lost it because we aren’t interested in being coherent (being logical and consistent) anymore?  Or do we just have a hearing loss?  Mild hearing loss, something that happens to us as we grow older, is most often characterized by “sound voids”—the periodic loss of clarity when certain speech sounds are lost or scrambled.

These “sound voids” in our hearing loss affect the brain. The brain is the organ of message interpretation. When the brain tries to interpret what we hear it consumes a lot of blood sugar and other bio-chemical resources of the body.  With “sound voids” (loss of clarity in hearing) the brain has to use even more of these resources to bring some clarity to what we hear.  The effect is that it makes us tired.  We become exhausted trying to get what we hear (and the “sound voids” we don’t hear) interpreted by the brain into a coherent message.  

What speech sounds are lost or scrambled in my hearing?  What “sound voids” affect your hearing?  

Do you often hear people talking but have difficulty understanding them?  Do you struggle to hear clearly when there is a lot of background noise?  Do you have trouble following a conversation?  According to audiologists, if you answer “yes” to any of these questions you are probably experiencing “Sound Voids.”

“Sound voids” occur in the political arena even if we do not have a physical hearing loss.  Our hearing loss in the political realm is based on our particular bent.  When we hear the word “Never-Trumper” what do we hear?  For some, the name, Pelosi, creates “Sound voids.”  

Sound voids are a serious problem for those with mild hearing loss.  Sound voids are an even greater problem in the political realm because they wipe out clarity—the quality of being coherent and intelligible.