Improving the Listening Experience at Home

By practicing good communication skills, you and your family members can take steps to improve your listening experience:

• Wait until you are in the same room to talk with others.
• Ask your conversation partner to slow down their speech if you have difficulty following.
• Ask your conversation partner to face you when speaking—no backs turned or heads down looking at screens.
• Let the person speaking know if you are having trouble hearing or understanding (don’t pretend to understand).
• Use closed captioning when watching television or movies.
• Take some dedicated quiet time (listening breaks). It takes more energy to listen when you have hearing loss—and feeling tired can cause you to mix up conversations. Source