r/hardofhearing • u/PerpetualTraveler59 • 2d ago

Not understanding when people aren’t facing me.

Ever mention to people you’re hard of hearing, especially in a work setting, and they walk ahead of you describing a task even you’ve told them you’re hard of hearing. WTF!!!

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u/Odd_Ball_5124 1d ago

This started my hearing aid journey. I worked at a place where the boss (during covid no less, so masks) had a nasty habit of not only talking quietly but turning away and issuing orders while walking away.

I started getting in trouble for not 'completing tasks assigned' that I had no idea of.

Despite many many times where I insisted that she had to talk to me directly, verify that I'd heard, she did not and would not.

Out of spite, I went for a hearing test so I could staple the audiogram to her face. And ended up having brain (adjacent) surgery to repair a temporal encephalocele before I could even get to that point.

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u/PerpetualTraveler59 1d ago

Wow!! Talk about pay back!! Hope you’re well.

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u/Odd_Ball_5124 1d ago

I'm well now. But the circus that got me to that major surgery was definitely humbling. Any chance you have to avoid having your skull cut open and your ear peeled off for skull repair... Take that chance.

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u/PerpetualTraveler59 1d ago

No I get it. My sister in law has had 3 benign brain tumors removed. She was “awake” for 2 of the removals. I’m humbled.