I've told my partner he needs hearing aids. He won't listen
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My partner refuses to wear hearing aids and is missing vital bits of conversations. How can I get the message through to him that he's become as deaf as a post?
H.S., Richmond, Vic
Hard-of-hearing people can be weird about hearing aids. They think that wearing a tiny, near-invisible, ear gizmo is going to make them look old and feeble. They'd rather wear no gizmo at all and miss out on conversations, smile inanely at parties and nod their head at the wrong time, so they not only look old and feeble, they look as if they've got late-stage dementia, too. They'd
rather infuriate friends and family members by forcing everyone to repeat everything over and over again, at exponentially increasing volumes, until people are shrieking like Al Pacino in Scarface: 'DO YOU %$#@ WANT ANOTHER %$#@ SLICE OF %$#@ CAKE?!!!!'
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They'd rather sit silently at dinner parties while their partner tells a fascinating dinner-party story, then plunge into the exact same story immediately afterwards, word for word, while their partner gives them a gentle nudge under the table with a steak knife.
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This story is part of the June 7 edition of Good Weekend. See all 14 stories. My partner refuses to wear hearing aids and is missing vital bits of conversations. How can I get the message through to him that he's become as deaf as a post? H.S., Richmond, Vic Hard-of-hearing people can be weird about hearing aids. They think that wearing a tiny, near-invisible, ear gizmo is going to make them look old and feeble. They'd rather wear no gizmo at all and miss out on conversations, smile inanely at parties and nod their head at the wrong time, so they not only look old and feeble, they look as if they've got late-stage dementia, too. They'd rather infuriate friends and family members by forcing everyone to repeat everything over and over again, at exponentially increasing volumes, until people are shrieking like Al Pacino in Scarface: 'DO YOU %$#@ WANT ANOTHER %$#@ SLICE OF %$#@ CAKE?!!!!' Loading They'd rather sit silently at dinner parties while their partner tells a fascinating dinner-party story, then plunge into the exact same story immediately afterwards, word for word, while their partner gives them a gentle nudge under the table with a steak knife.
