 Get tested and use hearing aids if needed. This has been a message from UnitedHealthcare Hearing, Wish of a Lifetime from AARP and this station. Learn more at wishofalifetime.org. With SRN News, I'm Ron Taylor. Barrel strengthened and once again became a hurricane as it heads towards southern Texas, where its outer bands lash the coast with rain and intensifying winds as residents prepare for the powerful storm that's already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean.