Fairfield minister-in-training, young father, and all-around good guy Anthony “Nay” Keller began noticing hearing loss in 2020 during the start of COVID. Once masks became the norm, Nay quickly realized how much he had been relying on lip reading. Over the next three years, Nay’s genetic hearing loss quickly progressed to a profound level of 90+ decibels, essentially deafness. He found himself struggling to communicate at work as the Seton Shrine groundskeeper, having difficulty hearing in his ministry courses at Lancaster Bible College and questioning if he should even continue volunteering in the men’s ministry at his church, Gettysburg Foursquare.
And perhaps most upsetting, Nay had never heard his 2-year-old’s daughter’s voice.
While Nay tried hearing aids, they weren’t much help. However, Nay’s life changed dramatically, (and in time for his daughter’s third birthday on June 2!), thanks to a cochlear implant, which was activated on Wednesday May 22, allowing him to regain his hearing in a truly lifechanging way.
Source: https://www.cochlear.com/us/ci-landing-page/index.html