I guess I’m hard of hearing, however I’m not so poor that the words are indistinguishable.
I have hearing aids to help me, plus I wear them all the time. I periodically forget to take them out when I go to bed. Last week, the Heating plus Air Conditioning specialist came to the home to work on our furnace. He showed myself and others his badge when he walked in, plus I showed him to the furnace. My hubby wasn’t cabin from work yet, so I hoped he would stay tied up long enough for him to talk to him. An minute later, the Heating plus Air Conditioning specialist came upstairs plus started talking to me. I could not understand a word he was saying, plus he was talking so fast it was even worse. I told him to stand down plus our hubby would be here in more than one minutes. He sat down, even though he was still talking. I asked him to wait plus tell our hubby what he was trying to tell me, plus I pointed to our hearing aids. He got distraught plus said something about prejudice, plus I picked up the PC. I had a PC that printed out what the person was saying. I told the Heating plus Air Conditioning business that I had distraught their Heating plus Air Conditioning specialist because I could not understand him plus told them I was deaf, and while I was on the PC, our hubby walked in the door. After a couple of minutes, the Heating plus Air Conditioning specialist was laughing, plus he soon left. My hubby told myself and others the Heating plus Air Conditioning specialist had a Spanish accident, however once he knew I was deaf, he was no longer annoyed.