My wife got new hearing aids and the were streets ahead of her old ones. I thought, “Great, now I don’t have to constantly repeat myself.” Then she discovered that they were Bluetooth capable and now I have to repeat myself because she’s listening to stuff on the web constantly.
Spouse leaves her $multi-thousand hearing aids in the charging station about 165 hours per week (all but 3). And then barks at me for not spending money on a set for myself. I AM getting deaf. But I know I’d hate having them in my ears: I hate ANYTHING in my ears.
I’m at the point where I am occasionally having to ask people to repeat things, mostly because they mumble, talk too fast, or maybe I’m just a bit deaf. But I think back a few years when I had cataract surgery, and for the first time in my life I could see, when I took a shower, or swam in the pool! But I miss the times when I could just take off my glasses and the world would dissolve into a misty fog; very relaxing. Of course, as noted, with hearing aids you can take or turn them off…
Hey Opal, how about putting a “please and thank you” at the end of that order. Earl don’t need hearing aids for hearing that. Opal could use a muzzle though.
I have had hearing aids for years, but I don’t wear them because can’t tolerate any thing in my ears. Waiting for a custom set that just sets on my ears like head phones. And of course they are Bluetooth.
My phone has blue tooth which causes confusion when other people try to use it. I also have problems is someone tries to ring me when I’m not using my hearing aids.
Selective hearing has no cure Opal. My hearing aid does isolate outside noises/conversations but if someone calls me past a certain distance and talks I tell them to come closer or I move closer to them because their voice would sound distant and unintelligible.
An older man was telling another that he has just gotten a new pair of hearing aids. “I can hear people talk from across the room, I can hear music play, I can even hear the birds chirp again!” His friend says…“Thats great, what kind is it?” The first guy looks at his watch and says…“Four fifteen.”
thevideostoreguy 3 days ago
So much for selective ignorance….
Izzy Moreno 3 days ago
When I’m old, I’ll use the Black Adder cunning plan of annoying people by pretending that I’m deaf.
What? WHAT?
MeanBob Premium Member 3 days ago
My wife got new hearing aids and the were streets ahead of her old ones. I thought, “Great, now I don’t have to constantly repeat myself.” Then she discovered that they were Bluetooth capable and now I have to repeat myself because she’s listening to stuff on the web constantly.
syzygy47 3 days ago
Earl didn’t get the model with the optional noise filter!
Concretionist 3 days ago
Spouse leaves her $multi-thousand hearing aids in the charging station about 165 hours per week (all but 3). And then barks at me for not spending money on a set for myself. I AM getting deaf. But I know I’d hate having them in my ears: I hate ANYTHING in my ears.
iggyman 3 days ago
Be glad you have them Earl, I have found people hate when they have to repeat themselves !
The Reader Premium Member 3 days ago
You should have paid the extra money to get selective hearing aids.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member 3 days ago
No more selective hearing, Earl!
Ned Snipes 3 days ago
Both of us need them, plus sometimes we forget certain words, people would die laughing at us when we have a conversation.
kaycstamper 3 days ago
When my BIL got his hearing aids, sometimes he’d turn them down, it was overload.
R Humble 3 days ago
Take them back and have them detune the frequency of her voice.
Caerin Premium Member 3 days ago
I’m at the point where I am occasionally having to ask people to repeat things, mostly because they mumble, talk too fast, or maybe I’m just a bit deaf. But I think back a few years when I had cataract surgery, and for the first time in my life I could see, when I took a shower, or swam in the pool! But I miss the times when I could just take off my glasses and the world would dissolve into a misty fog; very relaxing. Of course, as noted, with hearing aids you can take or turn them off…
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member 3 days ago
My hearing is getting worse too, I couldn’t hear Opal say “please”.
win.45mag 3 days ago
The cat must have deposited a hairball on the floor. That’s the only thing HE’S good for.
ladykat 3 days ago
It’s the price of progress, Earl.
Zebrastripes 3 days ago
He hates them only when Opal needs him to do something….aaaaaacckk!
ANIMAL 3 days ago
Yeah…….. I HEAR YA.!!!
MuddyUSA Premium Member 3 days ago
You tel ‘em Earl……
w16521 3 days ago
With a wife like Opal, Earl should invest in heavy duty earplugs.
IndyW 3 days ago
Hey Opal, how about putting a “please and thank you” at the end of that order. Earl don’t need hearing aids for hearing that. Opal could use a muzzle though.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 3 days ago
As Thomas Sowell says there are no solutions only tradeoffs
zeexenon 3 days ago
Yes, pretty much a universal opinion. Silence being golden, and all.
ira.crank 3 days ago
I’ve thought about getting them but only if I could tune out unnecessary noise: like loud exhausts, thumping music, and Opals.
pappy 3 days ago
I have had hearing aids for years, but I don’t wear them because can’t tolerate any thing in my ears. Waiting for a custom set that just sets on my ears like head phones. And of course they are Bluetooth.
sparkle 13 Premium Member 3 days ago
So Earl has needles in his back? ( I know, I know) …
cupertino jay 3 days ago
joannie mitchell lyrics.. “don’t know what you’ve got, till it’s gone, paved paradise, put up a parkin lot.”
heligoland 3 days ago
My phone has blue tooth which causes confusion when other people try to use it. I also have problems is someone tries to ring me when I’m not using my hearing aids.
moondog42 Premium Member 3 days ago
Comedian Josh Johnson has a routine about his buddy’s granddad’s hearing which is extremely relevant to this comic’s theme
www. instagram. com/ joshjohnsoncomedy/ reel/ C560s0wgo_o/? hl=en
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 3 days ago
Pros and cons of technological advances.
Smeagol 3 days ago
Selective hearing has no cure Opal. My hearing aid does isolate outside noises/conversations but if someone calls me past a certain distance and talks I tell them to come closer or I move closer to them because their voice would sound distant and unintelligible.
vacman 3 days ago
An older man was telling another that he has just gotten a new pair of hearing aids. “I can hear people talk from across the room, I can hear music play, I can even hear the birds chirp again!” His friend says…“Thats great, what kind is it?” The first guy looks at his watch and says…“Four fifteen.”
sterref05 3 days ago
what are the spikes coming out of their backs please?
Cathy P. 3 days ago
What are those lines (spikes?) on their backs supposed to be?
kraftjeff 2 days ago
I just got new ones as well. And yep they got blue tooth. I just wish the batteries lasted longer.