And i kept pulling it down so he could read my lips...you know...because he is deaf.
Idiocracy doesn’t even scratch the surface.
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My husband is partially deaf and we have this issue.. well...everywhere. My voice is not loud enough for me to project through the mask loud enough for him to hear. He reads lips along with his limited hearing so it’s very important that someone is facing him, not mumbling, and speaking at an elevated volume. Face masks ruin every one of those things. My voice sometimes hurts from having to talk very very loudly through my mask so he can hear me. I often have to relay info to him from others wearing masks. I finally got sick of it and I just pull the bitch down and say whatever needs to be said. Luckily no one has said anything to me, but if they do, I will tear them apart.
As a deaf may I suggest instead of loudness you try to alter the pitch of your voice?
Hello fellow Deaf/HOH :). Pitch definitely is a big deal. His losses are in Lows and Highs with Mids being in his best range. Luckily my voice falls in the mid category so he can hear me probably better than most! He has hearing aids, however he doesn’t like to wear them since the Bluetooth feature started giving people brain tumors behind the ears. His hearing is degrading though and it’s getting harder to compensate. His sister and our oldest have the same genetic defect but the girls only have losses in the highs. Kind of curious he can’t hear lows worst, considering his voice is low and the ladies have high voices and can’t hear highs well!
Do they not have hearing aids that aren't Bluetooth anymore?
Most companies don’t seem to produce them without that feature. He was waiting until his next screening (due this month) to get an update and see if they had options to remove/disable it in his. His are crazy expensive 5k-7k + and calibrated for him already so it would be ideal to use his current ones
What do you mean? You can hear higher pitches better?
Answering for deaf above. Deafness is more of a spectrum. Most people classified as deaf or hard of hearing don’t fall into the “cannot hear anything at all, total absence of sound” category. Instead hearing losses occur in ranges. Some people (like my daughter) can’t hear any pitches in the highest ranges. When I play violin for example and I play E string and above, She hears nothing at all. Makes no sound. But she can hear everything below that just fine. Some folks can’t hear tones all over the place and end up hearing more of a muffled noise. Generally speaking, hearing losses aren’t just about volume (though that does play a part!) they’re about whatever pitches/ranges that you have damage or loss in. That’s why the old (and highly offensive) “snap next to someone’s ear” doesn’t work. They may be able to hear that sound at that proximity in that range, but if someone was to shout from a distance or say something at a reasonable volume into a telephone or has a low voice, it’s practically inaudible. There’s also a cognitive processing factor that goes into it. People who have had losses without corrections or aids for a long time may struggle to actually process the sounds they’re hearing since their brains may have actually re-wired to comprehend information via lip reading or other sensory input! Fascinating stuff.
As I've aged, my hearing has been affected as well. It's the low sounds that come across as "muffled". I have the ringing in both ears for years (sounds like high static sounds), but I've become used to it. I have to admit, I hate when someone just shouts at me. LOL
Thank you for your wonderful insight ??
What is fascinating to me is that whenever my wife speaks to me only the Subject of her sentence is muffled. "I want you to do ..something." "Can you please get the blank." "I told you yesterday that gone and disappeared and you said that someting" Leads to no end of misunderstanding.