Dr. Tanner Mackey is an audiologist in Elk Grove. Beyond testing his patients' hearing, he works day in and day out to reconnect people to everyday sounds.

"It takes effect on you, emotionally, socially. There's a lot of things we don't consider. It's not just hearing, it's a lot of things that go along with it," Dr. Mackey said.

It's a familiar battle. There's been a little-known silent struggle right here at CBS13. For the first time publicly, I am sharing my personal story of hearing loss.

"You're not hearing all sounds equally and the same. Otherwise, those lines would go straight across and they don't. They start to decline and go down as we approach higher and higher pitches," Dr. Mackey told me, going over results from an assessment.

I admit, I've struggled to hear people since

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