Sophie Post still has her first pair of hearings aids — the blue, glittery ones she got when she was 6.
The 15-year-old junior midfielder for the Murray High girls soccer team keeps them for sentimental value among the newer, better-functioning hearing aids she wears now. In a way, they represent both her exuberant personality and a condition she’s had for as long as she can remember.
“Honestly, most of my life I’ve just known I was deaf,” Post told The Salt Lake Tribune last week after her team beat Olympus High. “I can’t really remember a point where I wasn’t.