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My mom hears less and less clearly and refuses to wear earring aids she was prescribed and got for $$$$, having decided she doesn't need them.
So instead, she gets mad at us for not speaking loud enough.
- I hear thatFax_Benson
- FIL looks at me like I'm deliberately speaking speaking too quietly. Got to the point where he just says 'sorry, what?' before I've even reached the end of theFax_Benson
- first word. Also gets startled, as he can't hear people moving round the house - so whistles when he's on the move, thinking we can't hear him either.Fax_Benson
- Hahaha!
Yeah my dad also caught the habit of saying "huh?" to ANYTHING said to him, so everything needs to be repeated.spl33nidoru - I got so tired of constantly repeating that I now just wait for him to replay in his head whatever was said, and for the info to get to his brain.spl33nidoru
- Both my in-laws are deaf as logs which makes it so my wife and I can talk shit a mere 2-3 meters from them and they don't hear a thing :)PonyBoy
- ^ flol! Pony, that's awful! Shame on you! <3Continuity
- Same boat, and I don't understand somebody who doesn't want to hear anymore out of.. device embarassment?garbage
- The best is when you come visit and they’re watching tv with the volume so loud the tv is vibrating and they can’t even hear you shouting over it.monospaced
- Yeah, it's a strange mix of pride and denialspl33nidoru
- i wear hearing aids and feel a bit lost without them. It's maddening my step dad won't wear his. Even though I installed an app on his phone to control themIanbolton
- Do we get to an age where we turn into belligerent fucks where the outside world is nothing but misery and pain?!Ianbolton
- you mean since we were 18 ?neverscared
- My mother is heading this way too, and my father long ago refused to use his hearing aidsi_monk
- Let this be a lesson to us all !spl33nidoru
- Yup, my mom too :/jagara