OK, I am currently suffering from an outer ear infection (yes...adults can have them too, you know). It hurts really, I cannot even sleep it off...But the thing right now is I cannot quite hear from my right side, funny because I use to take my hearing for granted. There were times when I would pretend not to have heard someone calling me or not hearing someone else's comment. I do not know why we actually do that. Can we not stop for a while or wave a hand? Reply with a 'yes' or 'that's good' or give an 'i think so'. My mates are actually laughing at me now that I miss out on some of the things they say...thats ok, I wont complain...its nice to be in a little way incapacitated...so you may actually FEEL how it is...so you may actually UNDERSTAND...