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Originally Posted by LuvNH
My husband is profoundly deaf. It has completely changed his personality. He used to enjoy being with people, now he is the zombie in the room, when we get together as a family he is completely left out. He can hear, but he cannot comprehend what people are saying to him unless it is one on one. Agree with you on dining out, it is a nightmare for him, so much background noise from other tables enjoying themselves. I no longer feel safe leaving him which is impacting my life too.
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Good hearing aides can be programmed to filter out background noise. It isn't 100%. Not even 50%. But it actually does a better job of it than a hearing-enabled person's brain can do it. Basically it turns the receiver into an omnidirectional microphone, so whoever he is facing, will be the loudest sound he hears and everything else will be slightly muffled.