It was a burden that he kept to himself and, consequently, one that I did not understand until I was faced with it myself in my mid-30s, the age when my own hearing changed so dramatically.

这成为他个人的负累，也成为我无法理解的问题，直到30多岁，我自己的听力遭遇戏剧般地恶化而亲面这个问题时我才能理解。