Someone recently contacted me about the inspiring example of Bonnie Covey, a 77-year-old Louisville native, who started losing her hearing in her late twenties.
Doctors were not sure why. Her condition soon compounded challenges of everyday life. Tasks such as using the phone, talking while in restaurants, and going to a movie proved frustratingly difficult. Consequently, she changed her real estate career to starting a staging company, less of a burden for her profound hearing loss.
Years later, in 2013, Bonnie was introduced to a mechanism designed to help her navigate daily life activities in an improved fashion — the use of cochlear implants…