> Some ignorant (expletive deleted) hearing people think
 > if you are
 > wearing a hearing aid you should be able to hear
 > perfectly.

 > It's not like with eyeglasses. More is involved than

 BM> Eyeglasses aren't any better or different, really.  For some, they can
 BM> make vision normal or at least better.  For others, nothing helps.
 
OHmmm... to a point but you must admit we can often get away with not
seeing too well far better than not being able to hear very well tone
wise that is.

Say you're in a restaurant and cant read the menu because the print is
too fancy and or small and the lighting isn't good. SO you have a
little magnifying glass with a light. That solves the problem.

Now if you can't hear well and can't read lips ... hmmm. Harder.


Here's a funny. When hubby and I eat out he can never 'hear' what I
say. But I can often read his lips... SO I say, honey you should learn
to read lips. He says he doesn't too. I toss up my hands...  why not?
You'd htink he was ashamed of this talent. As if being able to read
lips were a sign of weakness instead of just another way to
communicate.

My glasses btw let me see clear but I still can't see well far away. I can
still read up close though, without them. But with hearing well SPEECH
interpretation is far more complex than sight.

 > just volume. No
 > hearing aid no matter how fancy can deal perfectly
 > with tone loss and
 > background noise.

 BM> Also, no hearing aid can make you hear what you are unable to hear at
 BM> any volume--just as glasses can't help a person who is unable to see
 BM> light.

 Exactly. And yeah I see your point a bit better.. I suppose though as
suggested, it's easier to get away with poor sight than poor hearing.
...................

 > sister and mother in
 > law were the only ones who could do it right. I used
 > it only once to
 > conduct business (calling our vet) and got hun g up on
 > because the
 > receptionist thought I was as a telemarketer...

 BM> Family, friends, and co-workers, yes.  It's nice to be able to hear
 BM> the voices of family and friends, but it wears very thin very quickly
 BM> when you have to keep asking for repetitions, and many times still
 BM> can't understand the critical word even when they spell it, with
 BM> regular telephone communications.  These people lots of times disdain
 BM> email or more than the one annual Christmas letter.

 I have two younger brothers who won't communicate with me at all in
any shape or form simply because it's TOOO much trouble to even do
email with me. So... hmm. Pffft.

They only think of THEIR discomfort as if....

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