I love your articles. They're informative and really well written. Thank you! I'll be sharing this with my husband who does say, "I can hear that you're talking, I just didn't catch all that you said." and can't hear high pitched sounds that I can hear.
However, while I think hearing loss may be a part of this, I also think he may be managing a bit of auditory processing disorder that can come with ADHD because I've seen some of this in the 40 years I've known him. I'll be curious to see if it's actually the ability to hear or if it's the ability to process what he's hearing that is more the issue.
This one landed hard because, at age 79, my wife just started wearing a hearing aid. She fought buying it for years, but she finally realized that saying "What?" all the time was driving her friends and me crazy.
As someone who teaches pickleball, I see this all the time — people think they’re “just missing words,” when really they’re slowly losing the clarity that keeps them connected. You captured that quiet drift so well. It’s a good reminder that getting a hearing check isn’t about volume, rather it’s about staying in the world with the people we love.
Thank you, Bob. That’s exactly it. It’s so easy to frame it as “just missing a few words,” but over time it becomes a real distance from the people around us. I’m glad your wife found something that helps!
Yes, it certainly helps, although there are many days I have to remind her to put them in. She is either forgetful or still fighting the fact that her hearing is deteriorating.
Love this article.❤️ I also started missing out on conversations beginning in my late thirties. Being a teacher, you definitely need to have good hearing.😄 I was diagnosed with hearing loss at first in one ear back in 2005(in my early forties). Six years later, hearing loss in both ears. My hearing loss is possibly due to having rheumatoid arthritis, ear infections growing up. I have been wearing hearing aids since 2011. Unfortunately, my hearing is too severe to use otc aids. I can only get them through my audiologist. Bummer! Currently saving funds to go with Medicare to get new aids later this year. Thanks for sharing.
I love your articles. They're informative and really well written. Thank you! I'll be sharing this with my husband who does say, "I can hear that you're talking, I just didn't catch all that you said." and can't hear high pitched sounds that I can hear.
However, while I think hearing loss may be a part of this, I also think he may be managing a bit of auditory processing disorder that can come with ADHD because I've seen some of this in the 40 years I've known him. I'll be curious to see if it's actually the ability to hear or if it's the ability to process what he's hearing that is more the issue.
This one landed hard because, at age 79, my wife just started wearing a hearing aid. She fought buying it for years, but she finally realized that saying "What?" all the time was driving her friends and me crazy.
As someone who teaches pickleball, I see this all the time — people think they’re “just missing words,” when really they’re slowly losing the clarity that keeps them connected. You captured that quiet drift so well. It’s a good reminder that getting a hearing check isn’t about volume, rather it’s about staying in the world with the people we love.
Thank you, Bob. That’s exactly it. It’s so easy to frame it as “just missing a few words,” but over time it becomes a real distance from the people around us. I’m glad your wife found something that helps!
Yes, it certainly helps, although there are many days I have to remind her to put them in. She is either forgetful or still fighting the fact that her hearing is deteriorating.
Love this article.❤️ I also started missing out on conversations beginning in my late thirties. Being a teacher, you definitely need to have good hearing.😄 I was diagnosed with hearing loss at first in one ear back in 2005(in my early forties). Six years later, hearing loss in both ears. My hearing loss is possibly due to having rheumatoid arthritis, ear infections growing up. I have been wearing hearing aids since 2011. Unfortunately, my hearing is too severe to use otc aids. I can only get them through my audiologist. Bummer! Currently saving funds to go with Medicare to get new aids later this year. Thanks for sharing.