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Hearing Loss | Last Active: Apr 17, 2022 | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
I also can’t hear when people are masked up. I wear 2 behind the ear hearing aids and masking devices for tinnitus. In addition to the tinnitus, masking devices,/ hearing aids, and actual masks on people I live in Quebec. English is my mother tongue but almost everything in Quebec takes place in French. I am fluent in French but according to the audiologist French tones match my hearing loss more closely than English tones. All that to say that understanding speech outside the home is hopeless for me.
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I challenge people to write articles to their local newspapers, to magazines, and periodicals on this issue. Let the public know we exist and how masks and other things affect us. We've been quiet for far too long.
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We live in an area where there are a lot of different accents - especially Spanish. For many English is also a second language. Add a mask and speech understanding drops immediately.