Yesterday the 'clan' celebrated son's 62 birthday with a Taco Bar. I followed some suggestions for hearing in group situations and this time I did so much better. One was just listen to one conversation and ignore the others. Place body in a good position to be able to turn to whoever was speaking at the time. Don't fret if I don't get the whole conversation. Enjoy just being with them. At one point we were all (10 plus the one year old) gathered in the family room in a circle telling stories on ourselves. For the most part one speaker at a time. I caught almost every word using both the HA and CL!

Also, driving over, Robin had the radio on in the car while we were talking and I managed to pretty much block the radio out so I could hear her.

Either I'm getting smarter about hearing situations or my brain is taking control.