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Wow, not much compassion here. It’s also incredibly taxing and exhausting to be hearing impaired. Maybe try slight accommodations so your family member can participate and enjoy themselves. [/quote]

I'll readily admit that my compassion is on a very low level after years, YEARS of trying to accommodate, trying to help, understanding the difficulties with hearing aids, understanding the mental challenges that go with this refusal, helping and going to doctors, trying different hearing aids, even trying different ways of communicating, and yet nothing but [b]utter refusal[/b] to do anything. This person demands that we shout - and that's what we have to do in order for them to hear anything - to communicate. I've decided I'm tired of shouting. Now that person is pissed. Yeah, well, so be it. Their choice.[/quote]

I have a deaf parent fwiw. It's possible that he's just obstinate and won't cooperate, but it's also possible he doesn't have enough residual hearing for a hearing aid to work. You have to be able to hear SOME in order to use a hearing aid. My parent doesn't have enough hearing, so all the hearing aids in the world won't do anything. They are not magical products. (A cochlear implant is kind of magical but it's also a big commitment).

You can look into table amplifiers that can work instead of shouting. Search "products for hard of hearing." And no more restaurants: that's #1.[/quote]

I have a child who is deaf with bilateral cochlear implants. DC can heat very soft sounds when perfectly silent, but in the real world the cochlear implants need accommodations. We

1) only watch TV with subtitles
2) don’t eat out at restaurants until we go early for breakfast (like 8 am) when it’s quiet
3) make sure we are directly looking at DC when conversing to help with lip reading
4) no centerpieces or anything on the table that blocks out line of view to help with lip reading
5) no background music at home

I think you might consider doing some of these things if you want your parent more engaged with your family during mealtimes/family time. [/quote]

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