My Wife Wants Me to Hear Her - Help

[old bell]

My wife has seen an advert by a High Street chemist offering free hearing tests and she thinks we she go and have it done. The problem is I won't have an excuse of not hearing her cries from the kitchen to do something. Either that or the chemist will try and sell me a hearing aid that I don't want.
Any suggestions for an excuse for not having a test.

 

[Ganymede]

My father is getting deaf. His adult daughters are an actress, a public speaker and a lawyer. He complains that it's not that he's getting deaf, but that we all mumble. DRIVES US MAD. Take the test.

 

[Drago]

In my experience a lot of older folk feign deafness or exaggerate its effects because they simply don't want to her the crap that most people talk.

 

[welsh dragon]

Pardon ? What did you say? Speak up for goodness sake.

 

[arch684]

selective deafness suit me just fine

 

[Archie_tect]

I should go and get my hearing checked, but haven't yet... makes for interesting conversations at times.

 

[HeroesFitness]

My wife has seen an advert by a High Street chemist offering free hearing tests and she thinks we she go and have it done. The problem is I won't have an excuse of not hearing her cries from the kitchen to do something. Either that or the chemist will try and sell me a hearing aid that I don't want.
Any suggestions for an excuse for not having a test.

Just do as she says, if you get an aid just ignore her and tell her it must be faulty lol

 

[glasgowcyclist]

My wife has seen an advert by a High Street chemist offering free hearing tests and she thinks we she go and have it done. The problem is I won't have an excuse of not hearing her cries from the kitchen to do something. Either that or the chemist will try and sell me a hearing aid that I don't want.
Any suggestions for an excuse for not having a test.

If it's causing problems, get the check done. Your wife won't like repeating everything to you and it'll only wind her up and if there's one thing I've learned it's that a happy wife = a happy life.

Where are you? In Scotland you can get a hearing check done free on the NHS and the hearing aid is free, as are all the batteries and servicing thereafter. I'd rather go that route than trust someone who wants to make a sale.


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[welsh dragon]

On a serious note, get the test done. There is nothng worse than having to put up with someone who can't hear anything and who keeps asking you what's being said.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Hearing aids always remind me of the episode 'Communication Problems' with Mrs Richards in Fawlty Towers, with Basil losing his rag with her as she doesn't want to turn it on as it wears the batteries out. Try it, could be fun!

 

[fossyant]

My father is getting deaf. His adult daughters are an actress, a public speaker and a lawyer. He complains that it's not that he's getting deaf, but that we all mumble. DRIVES US MAD. Take the test.

I think your dad might be sick of three daughters and a wife bending his ear. LOL

 

[Ganymede]

I think your dad might be sick of three daughters and a wife bending his ear. LOL

Or helping him overcome all the problems associated with his dementia, or playing music for him to improve his mental health, or taking him out for lunch, or driving him to hospital, or running his bank account. LOL.

 

[Archie_tect]

It's not easy going deaf because people don't have the same degree of empathy and don't make allowances- the default reaction is annoyance and a tendency to repeat things aggressively and far too loud which draws attention and that can be humiliating and embarrassing in a public place.

Hearing aids amplify every sound arriving from every direction, so I've been told by a deafer aunt who uses an aid that she can't distinguish individual speech unless she is looking at someone, when a wierd connection seems to occur in the brain which allows her to focus on the speaker more clearly- it's not lip-reading as such but it does help significantly. It's the same effect you get when the sound and lip sync isn't working on a video- it's difficult to follow the speech patterns.

 

[Archie_tect]

Please remember, people with hearing difficulties aren't stupid, so cut out the exaggerated slow speech/ mime act... it's not their fault they can't hear you.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It's not easy going deaf because people don't have the same degree of empathy and don't make allowances- the default reaction is annoyance and a tendency to repeat things aggressively and far too loud which draws attention and that can be humiliating and embarrassing in a public place.

Hearing aids amplify every sound arriving from every direction, so I've been told by a deafer aunt who uses an aid that she can't distinguish individual speech unless she is are looking at someone, when a wierd connection seems to occur in the brain which allows her to focus on the speaker more clearly- it's not lip-reading as such but it does help significantly. It's the same effect you get when the sound and lip sync isn't working on a video- it's difficult to follow the speech patterns.

Having a hearing problem myself, I can relate to all of that.

I can't do much about it yet people get annoyed by it since they have to repeat things or speak more clearly to me. It's almost as if they think I'm doing it on purpose! As annoying as it is for the speaker, it has a far deeper effect on the listener who is frustrated by the impairment and may avoid socialising, or will miss out on large parts of a group conversation because he doesn't want to impede the flow.

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