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