Hearing aids can seem like a big step. This NYC Ballet principal dancer doesn’t regret taking it

Teona Gherasim

NEW YORK (AP) — Sara Mearns was missing her cues. She couldn’t hear what her dance partner was saying from across the studio. She was late for her entrances because the music sounded too soft. Without telling anyone, she finally made an appointment to get her hearing checked . Mearns learned that she had hearing loss . After years of isolation, she got the tools to make sense of a world that had gotten muffled. Now, she’s one of the first dancers with the New York City Ballet to wear hearing