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No one likes to repeat themselves, apparently
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Nov 27, 2023 | Replies (65)Comment receiving replies
Never ask them to repeat. Instead, ask someone, after saying you are hearing challenged or have difficulty understanding them (like you might with a strong accent), please REPHRASE or RESTATE .
Then they must think (not repeat) what the nitty gritty of their thought is, and say that clearer, hopefully slower, and you get the tree description rather than the forest
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I like this recommendation - usually folks just repeat the whole thing just as fast and just as unintelligible to me - one would hope they can actually do this for you. A few weeks ago, an unknown someone called me and after telling them 3x that they were speaking too fast and I could not understand, I got frustrated and said (yelled) I can't hear you and hung up! Your suggestion might get them to stop and think!