Fellow males, does this happen to you?

[Jerk]

I'm 31 now, wife, house, etc...

I little fat, but otherwise healthy.

I'm getting to where I can't hear the phone. The thing rings and rings and rings, and I just go about my business. Oh, yeah, I can hear it ringing, but I ignore it. I don't make the conscious decision to ignore, becaues it doesn't even get my attention. Does this make sense? I mean, l literally don't hear it, even though I have the capability to..there is nothing wrong with my ears.

It's also getting much more difficult to hear my wife...She goes "blah blah blah blah.....blah......CURT!!!" me: "What?"

So, now, she tells me something, and when she gets done, she says: "what did I just say?"

(and I'm like, uhhhh)

[OUHOMER]

welcome to my world. lol

[Oldnslo]

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I have really good hearing. But sometimes, the Wife Unit or the kids will try to talk to me from across the house, or walk away while talking and never increase their volume. I either can't or don't hear that.

[usmc-sooner]

My kids must suffer from this as well. I tell them what to do and they look at me like I'm speaking Chinese.

[Oldnslo]

Τα κατσίκια μου πρέπει να πάσχουν από αυτό επίσης. Τους λέω τι για να κάνω και αυτοί εξετάζω με όπως εγώ μιλώ τα κινέζικα.

WTF? You sure it's not Greek?

[Jerk]

Well, lets pretend my last name is "Johnson"

My Step-mom calls this "Johnson Disease"

Evidently, my dad has it real bad.

[Oldnslo]

You're in luck: If all men do have it, we can still call it "Johnson Disease."

[OUinFLA]

I'm 31 now, wife, house, etc...

I little fat, but otherwise healthy.

I'm getting to where I can't hear the phone.
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah,blah, blah, blah, blah,

: "what did I just say?"

(and I'm like, uhhhh)

Sorry, It sounded like you said:

I'm 31 now, wife, house, etc...

I little fat, but otherwise healthy.

I'm getting to where I can't hear the phone.
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah,blah, blah, blah, blah,

: "what did I just say?"

(and I'm like, uhhhh)


Did I get that right?

[usmc-sooner]

WTF? You sure it's not Greek?

hahaha

could be, but it's a language I don't speak. Crazy stuff dealing with these kids. I'd treat em like they were in boot camp cept the wife would treat me the same, and she's meaner than any DI I ever faced.

[BeetDigger]

You're in luck: If all men do have it, we can still call it "Johnson Disease."

I'm glad that I don't have Johnson disease.

[jk the sooner fan]

i have bad hearing but its not the selective type....it came from all the noise exposure in the army......

[Osce0la]

I'm 31 now, wife, house, etc...

I little fat, but otherwise healthy.

I'm getting to where I can't hear the phone. The thing rings and rings and rings, and I just go about my business. Oh, yeah, I can hear it ringing, but I ignore it. I don't make the conscious decision to ignore, becaues it doesn't even get my attention. Does this make sense? I mean, l literally don't hear it, even though I have the capability to..there is nothing wrong with my ears.

It's also getting much more difficult to hear my wife...She goes "blah blah blah blah.....blah......CURT!!!" me: "What?"

So, now, she tells me something, and when she gets done, she says: "what did I just say?"

(and I'm like, uhhhh)

heh...I'm already like this and my 2 year wedding anniversary is next Monday

That's probably not good is it?

[SicEmBaylor]

My hearing is actually a curse. I hear EVERYTHING. My hearing is so acute that I could hear a pin drop on carpet 3 blocks away.

The problem though is that it is acute but not clear. All sound to me seems to kind of mix together into one constant noise. It really drives me nuts. But it also prevents me from sleeping since I can hear so well any little noise keeps me up and drives me crazy. Ever since I started sleeping with ear plugs I have slept sooo much better at night.

[usmc-sooner]

i have bad hearing but its not the selective type....it came from all the noise exposure in the army......

yeah me too, I've got ok hearing out of one ear, and crappy out of the other one.

and it really drives my wife crazy.

[OUinFLA]

My hearing is actually a curse. I hear EVERYTHING. My hearing is so acute that I could hear a pin drop on carpet 3 blocks away.

The problem though is that it is acute but not clear. All sound to me seems to kind of mix together into one constant noise. It really drives me nuts. But it also prevents me from sleeping since I can hear so well any little noise keeps me up and drives me crazy. Ever since I started sleeping with ear plugs I have slept sooo much better at night.

you sleep with ear plugs?


the list keeps growing.

[jk the sooner fan]

yeah me too, I've got ok hearing out of one ear, and crappy out of the other one.

and it really drives my wife crazy.

yep, my loss is totally in the left ear and its pretty bad

dont expect the VA to do anything about it either.....you'll get NOTHING for duty related hearing loss

[SicEmBaylor]

you sleep with ear plugs?


the list keeps growing.

Yeah, I also sleep with a face mask because light bothers me as well. I can't even tolerate the light from an alarm clock so I don't have one.

[BajaOklahoma]

yep, my loss is totally in the left ear and its pretty bad

dont expect the VA to do anything about it either.....you'll get NOTHING for duty related hearing loss

Hmmm, the f-i-l got hearing aids. Crappy ones, but he got them.

[jk the sooner fan]

oh i can get a hearing aid.......but there's no disability rating for hearing loss

[TUSooner]

I used to like hearing the phone ring; it might have been my girlfriend or somebody who wanted to tell me something.
Now I hate it; it might be my wife or somebody who wants something.
I hear everything else pretty well, I just forget it instantly.