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Fred Bruning's avatar

Bozena -- Can't recall if I answered your entertaining 11/14 note. As for advice at end: I hear ya. Cheers and best wishes/fb

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Fred Bruning's avatar

No choice now, Bozena

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Fred Bruning's avatar

Carolyn — There are special hearing aids for men who can hear everything but voices of their wives. You get the prescription from a lawyer.

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Carolyn A Jonas's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Fred Bruning's avatar

Jim — This work with black and white tvs?

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Bob Keeler's avatar

Let’s HEAR it for Wink, a shining example of spousal persistence!

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Fred Bruning's avatar

For 61 years!

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Gwen Young's avatar

" Recalcitrant men with bad hearing: Heed your wives. Get wired. " That's music to my ears. If only they would listen, we could dance to the same music.

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Fred Bruning's avatar

This installment was secret msg to YNW.

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Fred Bruning's avatar

Gwen --

Original sent via laptop while on rod: Should have been secrect msg to YKW, the project manager.

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Lewis Grossberger's avatar

King was a malamute? I thought he was a husky. Wait, is husky even a breed or just a dog with a weight problem? I hope not because I fear it would be hard to find diet dogfood in the grocery stores of the sparsely populated Yukon. Who do you think Sgt. Preston got mad at him to get a crappy beat like that way out in the sicks? I thought a malamute was a dog who couldn't bark. I have other questions as well. It's nice to find a fellow listener of Sgt. Preston. Did you also listen to Sky King, btw? Guy who chased villains in a plane.

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Fred Bruning's avatar

Malamute angle deeply resesearched, Lew. Sky King, sure -- prompted my lifelong interest in flying. Until I took a lesson and while over Farmingdale caused instructor to grab controls, shout, "Holy s---," and point to aircraft just below. More suited to dog sledding.

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Jean Barbieri's avatar

Thoroughly enjoyed this article... It hits close to home!

Would you mind sharing the brand that you're now using? I would like to investigate.

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Susan Kaplan's avatar

This all sounds very familiar! Glad you acclimating to them. Next month, will get my latest pair. I'm hoping technology has improved a bit in 3 years. Stan is still fighting me on getting them. He is thinking of getting the over the counter kind of hearing aids. I gave up, but maybe he will hear somewhat better, I hope and pray! I have Starkey brand now, do you mind telling the brand you are wearing? I have a Niagara Falls story from my one childhood visit, next time we get together. Thanks for your article!

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Bożena Syska's avatar

Got hearing aids, supposedly the elite kind, two years ago; stopped wearing them when the difference between yes and no was marginal. Finally after constantly asking people to repeat things especially the preteens I teach and who would never repeat a joke a second time, I went back to the doc, tail between my legs. This time the technology was a bit better, and after wearing them half heartedly and having the audiologist tell me with a raised voice what will happen to my hearing if I don’t start wearing them every day NOW, and that they can’t fix things if my hearing gets too bad, I gave in and wear them every day. She was right. The kids now enjoy telling me their jokes, some are actually funny, and I can understand the accents of the ELL students. Listen to your wife, Fred.

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Carolyn A Jonas's avatar

I enjoyed your column very much (as always), but this one hit home, except it was me, The Wife, getting the hearing aids! I identified with everything you wrote about; it gave me quite a chuckle.

My husband can hear a pin drop, the TV on the lowest of settings and a beep from some device 3 rooms away. The only thing he can’t hear is ME, when I’m calling from the next room. Hmmm…

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Jim Bunnell's avatar

My newest hearing aids connect directly to our smart TV so I can listen to shows with the volume down and it playing in my head. It’s all controlled from an app on my phone. The downside is that I’m right back to where I started as far as hearing other people. When I’m hooked into the TV everybody else is silenced. Yes, it’s perfect. 😎.

Before you move forward and purchase this upgrade, if I were you, I might check with Wink.

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Edward Sanady's avatar

My little tiny (very expensive) hearing aids, which I got about two years ago, are back in their original box and bag and they are safely stowed in my closet. I feel your pain.

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Fred Bruning's avatar

Ed — Don’t push your luck.

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