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Hearing Loss Experiences - Can you find humor in some of it?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jul 28, 2023 | Replies (73)Comment receiving replies
Sometimes you can't help but get a chuckle out of what you THOUGHT you heard, esp. when it's so far from what was said. Willows mentioned "musical ear." I assume that's a type of auditory hallucination, which is both irritating and, at times, funny. Mine is most noticeable when I'm in bed: I hear all sorts of things that I know are not really happening, most often machinery running. Sometimes it's something I actually heard that day, like the lawnmower after I've mowed part of the acre that I chop down every week. Sometimes it's not identifiable, but I suspect it is something that I actually heard at some point that my brain has stored away. My favorite is hearing the dishwasher run, plates clicking, water swishing, the whole deal...even though I haven't been able to actually hear that for years!
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This is often referred to as an 'earworm'. Look it up on Wikipedia. I have them all the time, but I'm able to rotate the 'stuck songs'. There are 4 of them that come regularly. When I asked about humor, I did not mean being laughed at. As Joyces points out, we do some funny things. We mishear similar words. Try a few sentences with the words wake and lake in them. It is helpful to learn what some of the predictable confusions are. Hey, there's a topic for another discussion. Happy weekend everyone.
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Joyce - I'm so glad you are able to find humor in it!
Our friend just left for home after a 4 day camping trip together yesterday. His wife told him to get into the truck and put on his hearing aids from the container there. He came out of the camper and said "Is that my extra pair in the truck? You put my aids in my toothie box last night, they fell in the sink when I drained it to put my teeth in." Of course she didn't - he has dementia and is blind, se we're pretty sure we know who did it. All she could do was laugh and say, "Oh well, that's why they're insured."
By our count over the past 5 years, 2 different beagles have chewed one up at least 4 times, one we had to recover from a garbage bag in a dumpster (also while camping together), one pair he drowned in the pool, playing with my brother's grandkids, another pair in the shower, and one flushed down the toilet, but this is the first time he did it in the denture cleaner.
Sue