RepeatingMyselfRepeatingMyself ·
22/01/2025 10:32
DH is hard of hearing. He has been given an NHS hearing aid. He refuses to wear it, partly out of vanity, because it is vaguely visible, but mainly because it amplifies all noises and he finds it uncomfortable/unpleasant.
This means that to have any sort of conversation with him involves lots of repeating myself, raising my voice to an uncomfortable level so it feels strained and often, even after all that, he misunderstands the key points which later comes back as feeling like I’m being gas lighted as he’ll claim i never told him xyz.
I have suggested he wear it for a week or two to see if he can get used to it, I’m sure his brain would learn to filter out some of the extraneous noise, but he doesn’t want to.
So am i BU in accepting he won’t wear it but giving up trying to talk to him, or should i just carry on as i am because he can’t help having hearing loss.