Have you heard? For more about Frantz’s story and other health conditions that can benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy, scan the QR code or visit lcmh.com/hyperbaric. lcmh.com 9 Faint music starts to play One night, after about eight treatments, Frantz noticed something different. Listening to music with her daughter, she suddenly realized she could hear the song through her right earphone. “I could hear it,” she says. “It was muffled, but there was sound.” Skeptical, she asked her daughter, “Play another one.” Again, she heard faint music. For the first time since the ear infection, silence wasn’t the only thing in that ear. Hearing what matters Seven months later, Frantz has regained 100% of her hearing. And with that healing came a new sense of gratitude for everyday moments she once overlooked. The first was conversation—especially with her teenage daughter in the car. Before treatment, hearing her from the passenger seat was nearly impossible. The second was simple but meaningful: the quiet morning sound of birds outside her window. After months of silence on one side, those small noises now feel like gifts. “Before this, I would have never thought something like this was available in Lake Charles,” Frantz says. “People probably think they’d have to drive to a larger city for this kind of therapy, but they don’t.” Reflecting on her journey, she says, “Everyone I encountered there was so kind, and I felt so safe. It was a major investment of time that I really didn’t have, but I made it work, and being able to hear again is worth every minute.” Ashley Frantz adds flavoring to a snow cone at her shop, Lulu’s Specialty Snocones and More. A Memorial Wound Care Clinic nurse prepares the HBOT chamber for the next patient.
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