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Boomers be like
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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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This also with fucking hearing aids. Like yeah it sucks, but wear them - they help. I'm sick of yelling at people with clear hearing issues who are not wearing anything to help.
I hear fine, I just have an issue understanding human speech. It just sounds like noise sometimes.
As a person with a hearing impairment, I can unfortunately confirm that they're not all simply solved with hearing aids. OP has big "this liar walked from the handicap spot" energy.
Also they’re far more expensive than glasses. In college mine broke and I could barely afford food so I went without until I could afford to fix them a few years later.
There’s also the fact that at times they’re exhausting to wear and people get pissed if you have to take them out or turn them off.
Hearing aids aren’t like normal glasses where they just fix the problem no issue. I love my local librarians for just writing stuff down when I say I can’t hear. It’s quick and convenient.
I hadn't considered that, but that does go to add a little doubt to my annoyance with my boomer neighbour... I guess you never can tell. Thanks for the context
I’ll add that hearing aids can be tiring and uncomfortable to wear. I often take mine off after work because I need a break after 9 hours of wearing them. My neighbors may find it inconvenient, but it’s what I need to do for my comfort.
Also hearing aids really aren’t cheap. There was a decent period of time I just couldn’t drop the money to fix or replace mine after they broke
The reasons I've heard (hah) are:
My partners grandma does this... literally takes 1 min to put in (and it's not like she's got a lot going on anyway)
Some people like tuning out everything around them
Others can have a distinct problem picking voices out of surrounding noise.
Yeah hearing aids have gotten a lot better at it since I started wearing them but still they make it harder to separate the noises. Especially the person I’m talking to vs the people having a conversation behind me.
Edit: sorry replied to the wrong person.
Fair, but I was talking about cases where someone is trying to communicate, but won't wear a device to help them. Like my brother in law. A great storyteller and a hoot to have around, but misses a lot of context because he refuses to wear hearing aids