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Faun Baldizzi-Bonner
Aug 20, 2026
Several years ago I had an adverse reaction to a migraine medication that left me with permanent hearing loss on my left ear. As a teacher, with a loud A/C blower in my classroom, I found it difficult to hear my students speaking to me, and in life, could not answer a phone call with my left ear and eventually got to a point where I was sitting in a loud/crowded room and could not hear what the person seated directly to my left was saying. That is when I decided it was time to look into a hearing aid device. I went to Audible and met Ashley Smiles, H.A.S., and Emma, and both were reassuring and calming as the whole process made me nervous. I had no idea what to expect walking in.
The tests were completed in the clinic and my hearing loss in the left ear was indeed significant but not beyond what the Aris could help with. Once I agreed to use the Aris 45 day trial, Ashley placed the device in my ear and for the first time in many years I heard a voice clearly on that side in the left ear and honestly felt the emotions of everything I had been missing. (It truly was an emotional, happy, moment.)
As a 57 year old, I thought I was too young, and had that vanity part of me not wanting to give in, but the wire is thin and light and practically unnoticeable as it simply blends with the little crease (of age) in front of my ear and my light hair.
I wrote this review because I see the passion in Ashley and Emma in helping people discover what they’ve been missing AND because this little device has made a significant difference with my ability to hear and have conversations in crowded restaurants, take phone calls, simple television watching volume (and closed captioning is no longer always needed) and has definitely made a difference with me being able to hear my students. Somehow the Aris tones down the sound of my AC blower allowing me to hear student voices significantly better.
My right ear was doing a great deal of work compensating for the loss of what I was hearing, or not hearing, and although I am still making adjustments, I am learning that I do not have to depend on my right ear for everything, and I don’t have to “mouth watch” when conversing to see what they are saying. I can hear it all now.
Thank you Emma and Ashley for being so kind and excited to guide me through this little life changing journey. I appreciate you both as will the others who need assistance with being able to simply hear the little things in life again.
I truly didn’t know what I was missing but am grateful to experience simple sounds again.
And thank you Mike W. for enthusiastically urging me to “just give it a try.” You were right.