It helps to start slowly as they’re often lip reading (like my Mom did). This way you can see if they’re actually able to hear you. Lip reading is usually not as fast and in her case with her eyes not so great, communicating was a challenge. Yeah, she refused hearing aids for a long time.
Maggie94542 t1_ja4h4ff wrote
Reply to LPT: When talking to old people or people that are hard of hearing, start the sentence slowly, in order to catch their attention and avoid having to repeat yourself. by 70Ytterbium
It helps to start slowly as they’re often lip reading (like my Mom did). This way you can see if they’re actually able to hear you. Lip reading is usually not as fast and in her case with her eyes not so great, communicating was a challenge. Yeah, she refused hearing aids for a long time.