Not Only Do I Have Orthopedic Shoe-Inserts - I Also Have Hearing-Aids. I'm Fifteen.

Yesterday, I learned something that kind of blew my mind: 4S may, in fact, be curable. INSANE, right? Let me start from the beginning.
My mother woke me up at about seven-o-clock and told me that we were going to an audiologist to go look at my ears and talk about my Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome (4S). It turns out that there's a man in Colorado Springs who not only has heard about it, but knows how to treat and hopefully cure it.
First off, he explained to me that we needed to take some hearing tests, he needed to look down my ear canal with a microscope thing that showed up on his computer (so freaking awesome), and he needed to vacuum some ear wax out of my left ear (very painful). So, I was put in a soundproof room after getting my ears cleaned and had to repeat words that he said to me, and also listen to different beep pitches so he could measure how good my hearing was. Turns out mine is weirdly acute.
After he was finished with that, he explained to me what 4S is and how my brain is different from everyone else’s. In everybody’s brain, there is a part that processes sound, and a part that processes anxiety sitting right next to it. Normally, these two regions do not interact. But, in my brain, there are connections and bridges between the two regions, and so they intermingle far too frequently.

What the doctor said one way we can break down these connections is through the use of hearing aids. One type of device used has been developed in Australia, and plays a series of chime-like notes in an infinitely random sequence. If I wear these all the time, whenever I come in contact with noises that trigger anxiety, the part of my brain that is beginning to freak out will relax more so my reactions begin to cease. Eventually, he said, these connections will begin to break down, and I should be able to see a difference in as little as two weeks. In a decade, Doc says, my 4S could be completely eliminated.

The ones I have right now are actually not mine, but the ones that my parents are going to buy for me have a switch on them so I can change the type of chime or white noise and control the volume. They'll also be brown so they match my hair color, and the wire will be clear, so they won't be that noticeable.  

Isn’t that cool? This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for! The only downside? They make my ear canals itch, but I think I can live with that.