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It's a sign of affection (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (7 children)

you clearly have not met my grandparents with hearing issues. it's like 50% "HUH?" and another 50% "how do you expect to hear me if you don't put your hearing aids in??"

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But when you take them out your ears are so COMFY and nobody YELLS at you and you can’t hear your husband’s STUPID looping tiktok videos playing from the next room.

    Source: hearing aid haver who sometimes takes them out at home or streams podcasts through them and just communicates through pantomime and lipreading despite my husband’s patient exasperation.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    you can use hearing aids as normal earphones? :0 that's so neat!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Yup! They have tons of cool features nowadays. It’s a lot like wearing discreet earbuds with really good noise cancellation capabilities. They cost so fucking much though, and in the US a lot of insurance providers don’t cover them or will only cover a small percentage of the cost.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sounds wonderful. So far my experience is limited to 25 yrs of cute animal facts and the occasional "are you listening, dear?"

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