My husband's hearing has never been particularly good. Back when he was in college he had a physical prior to being commissioned in the Navy and was told that his hearing was not good enough to be a Navy officer. He claimed he had a cold and they passed him through but even when he was a younger boy his brothers used to make fun of him with a rhyming Japanese chant that ended (phonetically), "Tsumbo daka-ra". The loose translation of the little rhyme is, "Butch forgot because he is deaf."
Well my father was very hard of hearing, supposedly because of artillery noise during WWII, so having a man who was hard of hearing around the house was pretty normal for me. So was having a man who was bald but that's a different story. But as the years have gone by and we both have gotten older, hubby's hearing has gotten worse and worse. He tried some hearing aids a few years back but was driven crazy by the amplification of all the background noise. Besides that he found out that after 60 years of not having to pay attention to anyone, now he had to hear everyone whether he wanted to or not.
The problem has gotten so bad though that people besides me are noticing. So on Tuesday he is being fitted for some temporary hearing aids and then later he will get some of the brand new variety that fit in the ear. I don't expect any miracles but I am curious to see how he reacts.
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