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Asking Eric: Siblings’ Hearing Aid Intervention Brings Backlash

The writer's siblings staged an intervention-style confrontation today in a family setting, pressing the 60-year-old letter writer to buy hearing aids based on their shared hearing loss experience.
The writer says they have had hearing loss since grade school and resist hearing aids largely due to vanity and practical concerns about cost.
At the writer's job, coworkers have been mocking them with rude phrases like `Oh, you're so deaf` and `we know you can't hear us anyway`, leaving the writer tired of judgment.
The advice column recommends speaking to HR or addressing colleagues directly and checking company insurance for hearing-assistance options, the advisor says.
Health risks, including potential isolation and dementia risk, underpin the siblings' urgency as medical tests suggest the writer probably needs hearing aids.

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The Billings Gazette

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Siblings stage 'intervention' to pressure hearing aid purchase

Dear Eric: I am 60 years old and have had hearing loss since grade school. I'd flunk all those screening tests. My two younger siblings also have my same type of hearing loss and have worn hearing aids since their…

2 days ago·Billings, United States

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The Oregonian

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Asking Eric: I don’t think it’s anyone’s business what I do about my hearing loss. Why do people keep hounding me?

Dear Eric: I am 60 years old and have had hearing loss since grade school. I’d flunk all those screening tests. My two younger siblings also have my same type of hearing loss and have worn hearing aids since their 40s at least.

3 days ago·Portland, United States

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