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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father has a difficult time hearing and refuses to get hearing aids. I decided to stop waving my arms or raising my voice to get his attention. If we are out to dinner at a restaurant, he will pull out his phone and start scrolling instead of participating in the conversation. I asked him once what he was doing after he spent a few minutes at the table playing with his phone and he put it away.

When you have a person who is hearing-impaired and refuses to do anything about it, what’s the best way to handle their visits? Should I ignore times when he withdraws from the conversation by playing on his phone? I don’t always know if he hears conversation in the house because sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn’t. I’ve spoken with him about his hearing loss and he won’t do anything about it. [/quote]

I don't understand the phone thing.  He's an adult.  You don't get to police screen time for adults.

Otherwise, you take steps to reduce background noise.  You come close to him before you start talking.  You get his attention politely, by moving into his space or tapping his arm not by waving your arms at him.

In short, you treat him politely as if he were an adult.  [/quote]

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