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Why do people refuse to get hearing help?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Apr 6 10:27am | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
At 77 my hearing must be diminished, but 1. People don't enunciate anymore 2. Some movies have perfect sound, others are garbled with echoes 3. My friends with hearing aids are constantly fiddling with them, or losing them - and they still say "What?" 4. They cost in the thousands of dollars, and are one more thing to keep track of (phone, keys, glasses, wallet, etc.) I can hear just fine when people don't speak from the back of their nose.
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Well fit hearing aids should stay on your ears most of your waking hours. "Fiddling" seems to happen more with the tiny domes used in some of today's hearing aids. A well fit ear mold usually resolves that issue. Also, the 'fiddling of old' is now done pretty much with cell phones, which is a big change from years ago.
Reality though is that most people don't talk any different than they did when we were hearing better. Thinking they are doing this on purpose is a problem for some. The high cost of hearing aids is also a problem. No easy solutions...but there are some pretty good ones out there.
Sometimes it comes down to whether or not a person wants to or cares to participate in social conversation. That decision is up to each of us to make.
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You manage to keep track of your glasses. It is a lot easier keeping track of your hearing aids because they are on until you go to bed and put them in your charger.
Maybe if you tried them you might realize all the sounds you are not hearing. I think you might be surprised.
Do it for you but also for all the people you interact with throughout your day.
Just a thought.