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[quote=Anonymous]^^ Also, encourage her to be honest when she is not hearing you. It will avoid a ton of misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Also, try to get her to acknowledge that there will be times when no one realizes she didn't hear something. If she feels like she's been "left out of the loop" on something, she has to first ask to make sure it wasn't something she didn't hear. This will save a ton of unnecessary heartache.

Example, a friend's mom thought no one told her about a particular planned thing (not one she was personally involved in) and there was a huge, "no one told me" blow up. Turns out there had been a long conversation during a party about it, she was present for it, and she kept saying "uh huh" and laughing at appropriate times and "active  listening," but actually didn't have her hearing aids in and was faking the whole time. So, everyone 'knew' she knew about it, and could not figure out whey she kept insisting no one told her. She apparently did this frequently. Honestly, they really thought she was heading into dementia; but instead she had been faking that she could hear for a long time. It was a mess and caused much strain on relationships.[/quote]

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