A Fortuitous Meeting
Stew Binder, NC Support Group Leader

My wife and I attended a local meetup lunch event recently. It was a small group and I had to arrange my seating so that I could hear out of my good ear.  One of the attendees, Rolf, asked me how I lost my hearing and I told him it was due to acoustic neuroma surgery that I had in 2011.

Rolf told me that he ALSO HAS AN ACOUSTIC NEUROMA! We began discussing our experiences and I told him I was currently exploring bone conduction hearing device options.

I also informed him that I am one of the leaders of the NC Support Group and in the past we have been very fortunate to feature presentations with Dr. Cunningham, the ANA’s Medical Advisory Board co-chair.  We exchanged contact information and I sent him information about our support group Facebook page.

We both felt that our meeting was very fortuitous because what we have in common is so rare! We made plans to meet again and we did - this photo was taken recently when we had the opportunity to meet for dinner.