tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10194064.post1345668959440460729..comments2024-03-21T09:05:26.347-05:00Comments on justaskjudy: Monday Night Dinner Groupkenjuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10194064.post-75453174727296369852018-11-21T01:36:35.072-05:002018-11-21T01:36:35.072-05:00Glad the desserts at least good. Hope you were ab...Glad the desserts at least good. Hope you were able to get good adjustments for your hearing aids. AIDS and glasses are so important we should all be able to have them inexpensively. I worked with many people adjusting to aids for the first time. Often those they encountered in their daily life, even family sometimes, were the ones needing counseling about how best to talk with someone who uses aids. Groups as you well know are especially difficult. Easy for me to say, I know, but you don’t need to feel embarrassed asking for repeats. What’s important is that you understand what is said so you can engage. <br /><br />I never did this, but I sometimes thought little cards that could be given to others could benefit all — a simple list of what people needed to do in order to best help a HOH or aided person to understand. You know — things like - always to turn their head full face to the aided person when speaking. When in a group people talk to each other and often turn their faces away from the aided one — this makes it harder to understand. Sometimes the aided person describing what others need to do is welcomed by family and friends because they simply don’t know and caring for the person, they want to do what helps. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.com