Lucky7
Lucky7
My OH has been telling me I'm deaf for the last 10 years / moaned about the volume I need the TV etc. so maybe I shouldn't be surprised, but...
...thought hearing should be checked as he keeps nagging, and other friends have had ears syringed (sp?) lately so dragged myself down to the Doctors this morning to get them looked at.
The doctor looked and said there was no wax to syringe, so gave me a simple hearing test. He looked quite concerned / sorry for me, and told me that actually I'm 'quite profoundly deaf' and had probably been using lip reading more than I realised for some time (another thing my OH moans at me for is looking too hard at people when they're talking to me - he says it puts people off). The Doc's referring me to the hospital, and said I'll be given a hearing aid there. I'm not particularly sure that I WANT to hear more stuff than I already do - noise is quite irritating already. (Although the idea of being able to turn the noise off if someone's being a nuisance is quite appealing).
Apparently my Aunt had something similar, discovering that she was deaf in one ear, (and had probably been born like that) when she was 50 and had to have a medical for work. Maybe it runs in the family.
Anyway - sorry, just thought I'd share as am kind of shocked. Not upset really, just completely surprised.
...thought hearing should be checked as he keeps nagging, and other friends have had ears syringed (sp?) lately so dragged myself down to the Doctors this morning to get them looked at.
The doctor looked and said there was no wax to syringe, so gave me a simple hearing test. He looked quite concerned / sorry for me, and told me that actually I'm 'quite profoundly deaf' and had probably been using lip reading more than I realised for some time (another thing my OH moans at me for is looking too hard at people when they're talking to me - he says it puts people off). The Doc's referring me to the hospital, and said I'll be given a hearing aid there. I'm not particularly sure that I WANT to hear more stuff than I already do - noise is quite irritating already. (Although the idea of being able to turn the noise off if someone's being a nuisance is quite appealing).
Apparently my Aunt had something similar, discovering that she was deaf in one ear, (and had probably been born like that) when she was 50 and had to have a medical for work. Maybe it runs in the family.
Anyway - sorry, just thought I'd share as am kind of shocked. Not upset really, just completely surprised.