CLEVELAND — For local harmonica musician Glen Darling, years of quiet faded away this week, replaced by something far more powerful. The ability to hear his own music again.

“It’s remarkable. You know. It’s good to hear. I feel like a kid at 10 years old. Now I want to go run through the playground and holler,” Darling said after being fitted for his first pair of hearing aids.

For years, Darling relied on his left ear, not realizing how much sound he had lost on his right side.

“I didn’t pay it no attention at first. It’s a weird process,” he said.

Veteran and local owner of Miracle-Ear, Mike Gedeon, said gradual hearing loss like Darling’s is common.

“Fifteen years old to 70… the difference in your hearing between those years is massive, right? But it’s not noticeable because it has

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