My story is similar to hundreds of similar. Twenty-five years ago, studying in the eighth grade, I, like all teenagers, hated hats. And each time, leaving the house, pulling off the head hateful "rooster" and walked to school. Actually, I had nothing and was sick, he loved sports, swimming. But one day, coming after a training session from the pool into the street, was hit by the October cold rain ... Result - pneumonia, sinusitis and severe inflammation of the middle ear - otitis media, which, despite the huge amount of alcohol consumed antibiotics, at that time doctors for some reason failed to heal. But it turned out that only a few months later, when my mother noticed that I was constantly asked to repeat all - "huh?", "That ?»... Precinct otolaryngologist who examined my ears, diagnosis: chronic otitis media. Hearing loss in left ear - fifty per cent, in the right - almost sixty. Physiotherapy had almost no results. I had to get used to live in new ways. I first learned to read lips. It was not so difficult - if the interviewee was clearly visible and, most importantly, there was one. In the company I was lost in the din of voices and preferred to remain silent. Someone took it for teenage antics, someone - for disrespect, but I just do not know how to talk to me now. Then he began a period of stimulation - not mine, and me. It turns out I'm too loud turn on the TV, radio, sometimes I can not hear the door bell, and domestic long standing under a locked door ... Gradually, I kept to myself, thinking about the institute had to leave, and I began to work at home - the restorer. Circle of Friends for many years has narrowed to two people - mother and younger brother, who continued to support me. And it was he who in early December - my birthday - brought home an unusual telephone. At first glance, the truth, nothing special, I have not seen it - a simple modern phone DECT, Panasonic KX-TG7175RU. But it turned out that the tube of this device has a vibrating membrane, which should help me to hear the caller's speech. At first, I certainly do not believe that I can once again communicate by telephone, because the last time it was almost a quarter century ago! My brother and I hooked up the apparatus and read the instructions that the speaker of the tube must be pressed not to the ear, but, for example, to the temple or to the person - which would be better heard. In general, until he tried, he could not imagine how it is. I could not believe - I hear it from the handset! I can call myself a doctor and plumbing, I can call the work his brother or mother to the cottage, I can order the tickets and just chat with old friends, which spread throughout the world. The first two days, I studied all the possibilities vibraphone and get used to the unusual method of applying the speaker of the tube behind the ear. It turned out that the receiver can be switched in the normal mode, which makes the phone very comfortable for other family members. On the big screen clearly displays all the data call and menus, large buttons are user-friendly not only to me but my mother, who has over the years was to pass vision. Particularly pleased me is that when an incoming call the phone except the alarm and light-handed, and my mother and brother - that the vibes, as well as other advanced phones Panasonic, was equipped with Russia's caller. Over the past two weeks I was able to talk to, perhaps, with all those who have not seen in the past two decades! Mom stopped worrying because of the fact that he can not communicate with me, but I have simplified the lives of its customers, internally before coming to my house without warning. Lor-a doctor from our clinic, listening to my story about bought vibraphone, said that in the near future these devices will appear in many hospitals, patients were able to test it before making a purchasing decision. It turns out I still have to some extent, was lucky: my hearing loss was the so-called conductive type, then there are sounds from the environment were lost "in the way" from the outer to the inner ear and auditory nerve was never damaged. It is for such cases as I have, and was created vibes. And one more detail. I am very pleased that, perhaps, the first time in my memory, people with disabilities were not only necessary and useful, but also a beautiful, upscale, modern thing, affordable.