{"id":3106,"date":"2023-09-25T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=3106"},"modified":"2023-09-25T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:18:49","slug":"teen-punished-for-using-phone-left-with-painful-permanent-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=3106","title":{"rendered":"Teen Punished For Using Phone, Left With Painful Permanent Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

While at her friend\u2019s house for dinner, this girl took out her phone while sitting at the table. The other girl\u2019s father thought it was rude and decided to teach her a lesson. The girl was later taken to the ER, and now, her life is forever changed, thanks to the painful permanent damage that resulted. Should the dad be in jail?<\/h3>\n
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Cindy Redmond\u2019s life was changed forever after the North Wilmington, Delaware girl made a mistake many teens are guilty of committing. While sitting at the dinner table at her friend\u2019s house, Cindy pulled out her cell phone. The food hadn\u2019t come out yet, and the girl had gotten a call, so she decided to answer it.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for her, her friend\u2019s stepfather was none too pleased to see her using the phone at the table, so he decided to do something about it.\u00a0Never imagining that his form of \u201cpunishment\u201d would do anything more than frighten the teen girl, the annoyed and over-zealous dad attempted to discipline Cindy by blowing an air horn in her face,\u00a0Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

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Cindy\u2019s entire life was changed in that instant when she says she felt a pop in her head and began to experience excruciating pain. Sadly, it didn\u2019t get better. After four days of experiencing pain, Cindy was in the emergency room because she couldn\u2019t bear the sound of the outside world anymore.<\/p>\n

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Eventually, she was diagnosed with a very rare disorder called\u00a0hyperacusis<\/a>, a condition that is believed to be due to\u00a0neurological or inner ear damage.\u00a0The condition is painful and debilitating, and there is no cure.<\/p>\n

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Everyday noises, which would be nothing more than a mild annoyance to most people, cause a burning, stabbing pain in those with hyperacusis. So, common noises like\u00a0babies crying, sirens blaring, dogs barking, or people shouting leave Cindy in debilitating pain, forcing her into quiet isolation to avoid the agony associated with loud noise.<\/p>\n

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Of course, this has had a negative impact on Cindy\u2019s life in so man ways.\u00a0\u201cFor her 14th birthday, she wanted to go to the aquarium. Twenty minutes in, she was sobbing from the pain,\u201d her mother Laurie recalled. What\u2019s more, the condition has forced Cindy to withdraw from school, completely changing her life.<\/p>\n

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Cindy, who\u2019s now home-schooled, will never be able to attend public school with her friends again because of the incurable, severe pain she experiences daily. The noise in the cafeteria, especially, would just be too much.<\/p>\n

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Even with the noise-blocking headphones that she wears most of the day and an\u00a0earpiece that produces \u201cwhite noise\u201d as a form of sound therapy, she is still in moderate pain throughout each and every day.<\/p>\n

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Since it only takes\u00a0one high-pitched noise to send her reeling for over an hour in debilitating agony and it can take her days to recover from prolonged noise, there are so many things Cindy misses out on.<\/p>\n

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For the rest of her life, she will have to sit out parties, dances, family functions, concerts, shows, and so much more \u2014 or risk a pain that\u2019s unimaginable to the rest of us. She may never be able to get a job.<\/p>\n