Do you feel irritated?

Easiest way to communicate is by maiming and gesturing with hands while wording with lips instead of talking.This will make them easier for them to understand keeping them off from frequent questioning.Also we will not be mentally or physically strained.

hi yes i can understand , recently i visited my grandfathers place, actually i visited them after a gap of five years. When i saw him last time he was fine no deaf. But now he got deaf. I really didn't understand how to speak to him and found it very difficult to speak in high voice, and the fact is he was not understanding what i was saying. so finally my uncles daughter ( mama ji's daughter) came to rescue. As she live with them she is used to all this. She spoke on behalf of me what ever i used to say she used to repeat everything to him. And he used to understand her . But i was not able to. may be because that was for the first time i talked to any deaf person ,so i was not able to understand how to talk.

Hi dear, I think that is related with old age. We can not do anything and have to be patient with the sufferer. I think the people live around the person may suffer too much as they must talk loudly. The deafening may cause misunderstanding too at times. My MIL’s have some problem with one ear but that also not all the times. She says sometimes she could not hear through that one ear especially when she attends phone calls. My maternal granny also has some hearing problem but she is above 90 years old.

WE have to understand the other person's predicament and be cooperative, so he/ she can hear us when we speak in a loud voice as he/she prefers. Though, maybe for us not to shout when speaking to them, perhaps it would be better if we speak closer to them, so even in a modulated voice we could be heard. It's a bit irritating , but we have to bear with the situation, surekha.

I would not feel irritated because that is a natural cause..

Yes, very much. Whenever anybody speaks to me very loudly, i feel irritated. I always like soft voice and soft tone. I always like that kind of voice which brings pleasure to my ears. There are many short tempered people who always speaks very loud and harshly, whom i dont like at all. they are just horrible and disgusting.

As a matter of fact I do feel irritated sometimes. That when I have hearing problems myself. I never mind repeating but if somehow I feel the other person is not trying to listen, I may get irked. I think people with hearing problems don't get the treatment they deserve. If you know some person has got eye problem you don't ask them oh why can't you see that.... but I had to face 'why cant you hear' questions when my hearing got totally blocked! Funnily enough, some people started saying words in as low voice as possible so I could have some practice.... :\ But that's something else. As I said I get irritated only a few times. Generally I prepare myself for the extra effort if I get to know the other person is having some hearing problem. :)

You can speak to them using sign language... not the formal sign language used by deaf and mute people. Just try to use your hands to make them understand better what you want to tell them. Like if you ask them to have dinner or lunch...try to illustrate with your hands.

I don't feel irritated when someone tells me that they have a hard time hearing and that they need for me to speak up because I really want people to be able to hear what I am saying to them. What really does irritate me, however, is when a person assumes that another person is not able to hear really well because of their age and they just start to talk a lot louder than normal because they assume that the other person cannot hear.

My nanny who is 75 years old, still lives with my parents. She never got married and so our family became her family. My grandmother sent her to school but she said she was lazy back then, so was just able to reach the second grade. So all our lives she was with us. Now at 75, of course, there are hearing problems already. While I do understand her condition, I still feel irritated sometimes. Most especially when I have to tell her something important and she just couldn't understand, oh help me God! My mom and dad would be furious sometimes, too. Coz my nanny is still strong at her age. It is only her hearing that deteriorated. So my mom and dad would still be expecting her to do things that they would ask from her. But since she couldn't hear them sometimes, then some works are left undone.

well, i could feel irritated too sometimes when a family member cannot hear that much because of some ear problems, even though i say the word 3 or 4 times still don't get it. it can be irritating sometimes but also we cannot blame them because really they cannot hear the words well so they must ask for it again and again. if possible, we just have to speak loudly, and clearly and also close to their ear.

I have a friend who has got problems with listening. But then, I don't find it that hard to speak to her because I make sure that my voice is lifted up when she is around even if I am not speaking with her, Basically that is because, I don't want her to feel bad when we speak loudly only for her and normally with others. Most of our friends try to speak loudly and make it look like our normal way of talking is loud and guess what she loves being with us because, no one behaves differently with her in a crowd when she is with us. We all are just our normal self according to her and she feels a little confident and comfortable around us.

My grandfather is getting deaf that is why when we talk to him, we always do it with a loud voice. I think we should be more considerate to these people because just like them, we also don't want to become deaf. Let us put ourselves in their shoes.:)

hearing problem is general in old days

My Mother has an ear problem too not only her but as well as some of her sister and brother i think it's their heredity of having that problem,i do not feel irritated about it because i am used to it,I understand her situation that is why i can take it, even i have ear problems but not that much, i guess if i will get older it will get more severe (i hope not).

Ear and tooth problem are so irritating that i prey God always that no one including me should suffer from it for ever. When the other fellow is not able to hear properly then we should speak loudly just to enable him to listen properly. Be cause i have noticed if we do not follow it then the other will presume that we are talking about him only and they will get irritated.

For some people, they might feel irritated. Others will understand the situation, since it is not their fault to have hearing impairment. I don't mind if I will make my voice louder.

If you know that the person has Ear Problem, then i wont be irritated because i know that he was diagnosed to it. why should i be, if im aware? ill be irritated if i know the person does not have any Ear Problem then pretending that he/she doesn't hear anything when you are trying to talked to him/her.

Yes it can be very frustrating to have to scream when talking with someone or repeat yourself several times. However when it comes to friends and family that may have hearing issues, you try to be very patient with them. It is not a good feeling to have to ask someone to repeat themselves when they talk to you, so consider the person with the hearing issues feelings as well. Make it a point to always speak loud when you talk to them so that they won't have to ask. Hearing loss can sometimes be embarrassing and shameful, do what you can to make them feel comfortable with talking to you.