Dear Dr. Roach: My wife gets really annoyed when I ask her to repeat a request or comment. She thinks I need a hearing aid. Although my hearing isn’t what it used to be (one too many power plants and rock music shows) and I do have mild to moderate tinnitus, I sometimes have to ask her to turn down the audio on the TV when the chatter starts to bother me. Part of the problem is that she doesn’t seem to grasp the communication concept of “signal to noise ratio.” If she’s trying to tell me something when I’m standing near a noisy appliance, or if the TV is…
Hearing issues put wife on edge
A reader's mild tinnitus has become an annoyance for his wife, who insists he needs a hearing aid. A hearing test first is the best approach, Dr. Keith Roach says.
