开云体育Jaya, I “hear” you on the issues with your dad. When we retired (1 month apart) Mark and I started attending each other’s doctor appointments. Second set of ears and all that. I think it’s vital that older people (and I count my age 70 among them) have an advocate wit them when they see medical professionals. To “remember” and to ask questions, and sometimes to “out” the older person. ? Mark got hearing aids a little over a year ago. It has made all the difference in quality of life for both of us. FWIW, his audiologist is able to monitor remotely the amount of time those little things are actually in use! (Mark is pretty good about wearing them all the waking hours, though he does turn them off when we are walking outside if it is windy. ? Ann in PA ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jaya Srikrishnan ? Oh dear. Jenny, I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I hope she recovers soon. It is tough when older people want to be independent and make their own decisions. In this case, it seems to have hurt her quite a bit. I hope the stroke doesn't leave any lasting damage. ? My father is 92. He won't wear his hearing aid in the house except when he's watching TV it was a fight to get him to do that). So our conversations are like a comedy of errors. I am now going with him to all his doctor's appointments because he is either unable to hear or is incapable of understanding everything that is being said. Part of it is that since he doesn't wear the hearing aids often enough, his brain is not able to pick out the vocal sounds from the surrounding noise. I've explained this to him but he won't wear them often enough. The second part is that his mind is on what he wants to ask next and doesn't listen to what the other person is saying. Also he lipreads to compensate for the hearing so if he can't see their lips, he can't understand what is being said. It is interesting to watch. It is trying my patience a lot to let him do what he wants to do and to try and compensate. I meditated on that this am as I was quite irritated with him yesterday after a visit to the cardiologist. ? ._,_ |
