I know this sounds daft but my mother is deaf and refuses to wear her hearing aids but I consider she is doubly deaf because she suffers from excessive ear wax.
She has noticeably deteriorated in the last 12 months since I tried to get her ears syringed by the nurse at her local surgery. They are totally against ear syringing there and do their utmost to put people off by making them use oil drops for 3 or 4 weeks before they will entertain doing anything. This is bad enough for ordinary folk but they don't seem to understand the implications of getting someone with AD to go through that 2 or 3 times a day for 3 or 4 weeks!
My mother only lasts a few days before getting annoyed with it all, and of course it makes you deafer when you start putting oil in, then of course she forgets she's deaf anyway and can't understand why she needs it done!
I'm convinced this is why she's started talking to herself and arguing with her imaginary scenarios all the time since then as the only person she can really hear is herself.
She has noticeably deteriorated in the last 12 months since I tried to get her ears syringed by the nurse at her local surgery. They are totally against ear syringing there and do their utmost to put people off by making them use oil drops for 3 or 4 weeks before they will entertain doing anything. This is bad enough for ordinary folk but they don't seem to understand the implications of getting someone with AD to go through that 2 or 3 times a day for 3 or 4 weeks!
My mother only lasts a few days before getting annoyed with it all, and of course it makes you deafer when you start putting oil in, then of course she forgets she's deaf anyway and can't understand why she needs it done!
I'm convinced this is why she's started talking to herself and arguing with her imaginary scenarios all the time since then as the only person she can really hear is herself.