It is difficult to say if my husband is not hearing or not understanding what he hears. Recently, I had taken my husband to a day care situation. I was asking him to sit in a chair at a table with other people. I pointed and asked repeatedly. Finally one of the caretakers working there came over and said "This is what I do." She said " sit in the chair" and sat in it herself. Then she got up and asked him to do it. He sat immediately. I realized that his receptive language is a lot worse than I knew. When he doesn't do what I ask or says no, I just demonstrate for him and he always complies.

Much of the hearing problem is the inability to process what was heard to make sense of it. Six months ago, I bought excellent hearing aids for my husband to the tune of $5,200. It was very helpful for conversation and my not having to repeat what I said. As ALZ reared its ugly head, the $$$hearing aids were found in pockets, glasses case, under the bed, or put in the battery case backwards..on and on. It became a thorn in his side to have them put in. Now they are AWOL in the house somewhere. I am not replacing them. I try not to "poke the bear" as much as possible and his lack of cognitive ability to understand what is said has outweighed his need to hear more clearly.