AthleticAndy, Your not the only one... If your doing Crosscountry in High School, I suggest you to keep your hearing aids out.. Give them to your parents to hold or whatever is the safest place to keep your hearing aids.. I used to be in Track in Middle School, I always kept my hearings aids out due of moisture..... I lip read so it's not a problem for me to keep my hearing aids out while running and etc. If you lip read good then you should do perfectly fine.. When your done then put it back in..
About the equipments... If you want it for free, you will have to apply to see if your egliable for it... Look in your state or area for "Department of Services for the deaf and hard of hearing" Pull up and application and fill it out... they will ask for your income and etc... to see if your egliable for it. I got mine all for free.. ( TTY phone, alarm clock, weather alert.... ) The only thing I don't got is a fire alarm... Which I will prolly have to pay it out of my pocket which isn't a biggie. If you don't get these items for free then I suggest you to go online to buy the equipments. But Im sure on AD there is plently of people who can give you more details on it.. You will do just fine!! Hope things work out for you!!.. Have you thought about asking VR thru your HS??
