To begin the task I had to pick a day that I would not have to work. I work in retail and customer sevice is the main idea. I chose Christmas Day to wear the ear plugs for the 24 hour period. My family always celebrates the holiday on the 24th, then have another party the next day. I woke up at noon and immediatly placed the plugs in. By noon the entire house was awake and preparing for the gala. My mother was cleaning from the night before and my father was in the kitchen preparing lunch and tonights dinner. I loafed around my room for a while and got dressed. I turned on the television and notice

After lunch my father asked me to go to the grocery for some things. By this time I was anxious to be outside and get true reactions instead of the kindness from my family. I drove to the nearby grocery store. Driving was an experience in itself. I turned the radio up till I could hear it but there never seemed to be enough treble. I have been driving for a few years but with the hearing plugs in it came to be less natural. I felt more stress and had to concentrate harder than usual. It was beginning to be frustrating. I arrived at the store and everything went well until I hit the checkout line. I have the habit of day dreaming and it tends to hit when I am waiting. I snap out of it when I'm interrupted. This time I was not able to hear the lady saying next. The man behind me had to tap me on the back

d the sudden loss of high end. I could not hear the television well at all. I was trying to watch a news program but I couldn't make out any of the words. There was n

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Approximate Word count = 665
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)