I’m deaf...with a little ‘d’ not Deaf. So while I do have a lot of hearing loss I can still hear, and I don’t sign.
My boyfriend of nearly three years is very softly spoken, and I often struggle to hear him. Usually I just ask him to repeat himself and it’s not a problem but we travelled away together recently and it proved to become quite an issue, for example, he told me to walk in one direction but then said something about himself having to walk around the other way, I misheard so walked the opposite direction and he got quite annoyed at me. Little things like that happened a few times and I just feel they could have been avoided if he’d just speak a bit louder and be more considerate of my deafness. I can’t wear traditional hearing aids btw but next year will be able to have consultations about cochlear implants. I feel like because I’m not visibly disabled he doesn’t really appreciate the impact it has on me.
It may sound like a stupid question but how do I make him understand? I have asked him before to speak up but sadly it falls on deaf ears. Pardon the pun, it just makes me feel quite sad sometimes.
TLDR I’m deaf, really struggle to hear my softly spoken bf and it’s very disheartening, I have asked him before to speak up but he doesn’t, how do I make him understand?
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