As a child, Matt Hay didn't know his hearing wasn't the way everyone else processed sound - because of the workarounds he did to fit in. But by the time he was a prospective college student and couldn't pass the entrance requirements for West Point, Hay's condition, generated by a tumour, was unavoidable: his hearing was going, and fast. A personal soundtrack was Hay's determined compensation for his condition. Hay prepared a mental playlist of the bands he loved and created a way to tap into his most resonant memories.
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