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‘Accepting my hearing aids took time’

Josie Gamble, 45, Founder of Gamble Designs and Christian Creative Directory and Network, lives in Wolverhampton with her husband Ben, 42, and their three daughters, aged 15, 12 and nine.

‘Hey, me too!’ I say, lifting up my hair to show the waitress my hearing aid. She touches her own, grins at me, and an understanding passes between us. In that moment, I realise I’ve finally embraced who I really am.

Mum noticed my hearing loss when I was a toddler; I was diagnosed at the age of three and I received my first set of hearing aids in primary school, aged nine. I hated them instantly – it was hard to adjust and

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