Dear LFTP: hearing loss and a husband who won't speak up
- A listener with hearing loss says her husband refuses to speak louder and suspects an ulterior motive — what advice?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman with hearing loss who cannot afford hearing aids; her husband refuses to speak louder, threatens to stop talking to her, and either whispers or screams — she feels depressed, isolated, and suspects an ulterior motive. The hosts call it jerky, emotionally abusive behavior and suspect a deeper marriage problem beneath the hearing issue. Their advice: get a pastor or counselor to mediate, look into organizations and cheaper assistive options, and keep community around them. The 'secular answer' agrees the behavior is emotionally abusive and suggests an audiologist visit with the husband along.
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