My husband is definitely not deaf!!

Wife, convinced DH is losing his hearing, decides to check him out.
He's down the far end of the garden, so she says, What would you like for dinner?
No answer. She moves a bit nearer. What would you like for dinner?
Still no answer. Convinced he's losing his hearing, she moves still nearer, only a few feet away now. What would you like for dinner?
DH turns round and replies, For the third time, chicken and chips please!!

Ha ha ! love all these posts ...exactly my (or my OH's) problem ! I am the one who mutters/mumbles./doesn't speak clearly/ whereas his hearing is perfect (well when the tv is turned up so loud the whole village can hear it !) ..he has a very expensive digital hearing aid (like others won't wear that, makes me feel old ...he is 84) .....he has also had those ear phones that are supposed to help (useless) a small audi hearing aid, cheap one from the chemist ....useless !) He is the same with reading glasses ...several pairs from the supermarket one proper pair from the optician (useless) ...when we go to the Doc (who speaks clearly and in near perfect English for him) I have to interpret for him as he doesn't hear or understand her ......the consultant after his second mini stroke said the hearing is not the problem ....it is apparently associated with the function of the brain receptors for sounds following the problems caused by the strokes. He does not accept this and has just this week again said he wants to go buy yet MORE pairs of off the shelf reading glasses ! As the ad says I DESPAIR !....... glad I am not alone !

In my family it is me who asked everyone to repeat things On the other hand it can be very convenient to let things go over my head.

Topsyturvey, my Uncle had 'prostrate' problems :-)
When the doctor asked him about his performance he said "Well I can water the flower beds, but not the hanging baskets"!

The more I read this thread the more it dawns on me that they are frightened to admit that they are getting old/deaf. Perhaps we should be more sympathetic....what do you think? The slamming door behind him post made me think.

Chicken, that made me laugh. We have conversations just like that. It is easier to go along with it.

Marydoll, be patient. Maybe he just doesn't understand computer jargon? I have difficulties with computers myself so I am often confused by it all.

I am amazed when little ones, such as my 3yr old GS, play happily on a tablet. He has this painting app that his Dad put on there for him, and he has a puzzle app too. Plus he can get Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol when he wants to.

I absolutely refuse to go around shouting like an old fishwife. Why OH thinks it is necessary to have the sound bar on along with the subs I will never know.

That would be an interesting experiment greyduster.! They'd probably just laugh a lot and agree, without knowing what to.

bella mine has a tried-it-don't-like it-don't need it anyway hearing aid too. I could have written your post. I wonder what all these chaps would be like if we put them all in a room together? Would it be a single case chorus of What? What? What? ?

Well I'm having double trouble at the moment. DGD4 (aged3) stayed last night. Her diction is not brilliant and she has started talking in daft accents ie her version of French, American. DH doesn't stand a chance and I am interpreting all the time.

DH has a hearing aid in his sock drawer.

I do that Teetime - it's not all bad news!!

All so familiar! If we go out to eat, we have to talk so loudly it's embarrassing. Fortunately, the lovely cafe we found was empty because of the rain. Such a relief!!!

I was lucky, my DH agreed to the hearing test and was given some nice new aids and spare batteries. Sadly they have languished in a drawer for over a year now as apparently they weren't "right" so we are back to the saying everything twice scenario. On the increasingly frequent occasions when I can't be bothered to repeat what I've just said he gets annoyed. I feel mean but it's so wearing when I know he's got something that will help him. He tried them once I think. As so many others have said, it's my speech that is at fault! Grrr

So pleased my man isn't on his own. Thank you ladies for giving me the best laugh I've had in ages.

This evening, truly. He is washing his hands in downstairs cloakroom, I am in kitchen dishing up. Him: "don't put me a lot out." Me: "I won't but it has to be a reasonable meal." Annoyed riposte "what do you mean I've drunk too much beer? I've only had a glass!" Are there two of them? Are there two of me? Are our parallel universes colliding ??

So pleased others feel as I do. It must be a man thing, my DH always misinterprets what I say, with words no where near the ones I have spoken, but it's always me mumbling!!!!!!!. How do we get them to a hearing test. I have worn one hearing aid for over 10 years now It has become second nature to me each morning to just pop it in and I off I go, how come our DH cannot do the same?

Oh it's wonderful reading all these messages! I now know I'm not alone, being told I mumble and don't face him when I talk. Which makes me think he needs to lip read a bit. He will not have a hearing test, just like all those other stubborn men!

Thank you Jayanna9040. I shall try to be more up front about my deafness. I am wondering about getting one of these microphones that allow you to hear conversations in meetings etc. but they do seem rather expensive. Would love to be able to try one first. I have bought a neck loop to use with my CD player. It doesn't work if I have it round my neck but is fine if I drape it round my ears. I look rather odd but fortunately I live alone so nobody to see me. Must just remember not to answer the door with it on!

I bought him headphones too, but he can't actually remember how to use them (wifi connections to iPod, TV, iPad) so on it goes. Apparently he can hear EVERYONE else!

We should have a competition to judge which DH comes up with the most bizarre interpretations of what he thinks he has heard.

I really should keep notes as some of them are worth printing.

Perhaps his best was a few years ago when Cameron got in for the 2nd time. He went to the doctor with prostate problems. (he wasuccessfully treated).

The doctor who was Chinese, asked him if he any any 'erection issues' and he replied, 'No I voted Lib Dem'.

True I promise.

And naturally he's not deaf, other people just mumble.

Another quietly spoken Gran here! Not only do I say everything at least twice, I then often have to explain what I've said. He has a single hearing aid that he never wears and if he does ever wear it I have to put it in for him otherwise he has it hanging down like an earring. I have hearing aids that I almost always wear.

widgeon3

Think we've got the same partner! Mine does exactly that. Once he got the right hump because he heard the first 2 words, guessed wrongly what he thought I had said, swore and stamped out of the house, slamming the door behind him. Two minutes later he opened the door really gently and asked, "sorry, could you repeat what you said?" looking really embarrassed because he knew he had got it really wrong!

Three elderly ladies walking down the road. First one--(Windy today, innit). Second one---( No it's not, it's Thursday). Third one--( Oh, so am I. Let's go and get a cuppa tea).

what bugs me most is that he will concentrate on the first half of the sentence, then interrupt me by saying ' So what you are telling me is xxxxx' It never is! and usually diametrically opposed to wht I was saying. Maybe it is all wishful thinking on his part

I could have written all these posts! Apparently it's my fault, I mumble. We have a sound bar and a Sonos system, which he has at a very high level most of the time. DH doesn't understand why I am complaining about the noise level. There must be something wrong with MY hearing! Oh and to make it worse, he sings along with the music and he CAN'T sing.
Just now, his wireless printer wasn't working.
Me "Go into settings and cancel the printer default setting and I will change it to a USB connection untill I have time to look at it" Don't do anything else.
What did he do? Closed all the windows on desktop, lost the stuff he was trying to print and then blamed me, saying, "You mumbled!"