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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone with hearing difficulties, I can tell you that FaceTime is a nightmare, and understanding small children in person is a nightmare, and putting the both of them together would be incredibly stressful for me. So, that might be part of it with your ILs as well.
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+1. Anyone over 60 even with (relative) good hearing is going to be having trouble on a platform like FaceTime. You have to understand how difficult that medium is. And if you don't, start Googling and educate yourself. [/quote]

My dad has hearing aids that use blue tooth to link to his ipad/iphone. It's easier for him to facetime than to be in person even. You don't speak for all older people. [/quote]

I'm the PP with hearing difficulties, and I have the bluetooth-to-hearing-aids setup too, and it's great for phone calls, when the other person is talking right into a microphone. On FaceTime, a lot of the time people (especially kids) aren't doing that.

Plus, I'm in my early 50s, so it's not like I don't understand technology, etc. Hearing aids aren't a sudden return to normal hearing, even with bluetooth. And while your dad has it working for him, a lot of people don't have that setup, or do but are still fighting hearing difficulties, or don't even realize they need hearing aids. And then it becomes not wanting to admit that their hearing is going south, because that means they are getting old.

Just saying that an older person's lack of interest in FaceTiming isn't necessarily because they secretly hate your Codys and Kaitlins.

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