Husband frequently mumbles from his chair, speaks with his back turned, or calls from another room while the wife cannot hear him. Repeated requests for him to speak up are ignored because he dislikes shouting and believes others can hear him. An audiologist check showed no change in the wife's hearing compared with when she was younger. Frustration has led the wife to ignore him unless they face each other, which provokes his grumpiness about missed information. Advice includes rechecking the wife's hearing, considering the husband's possible hearing or cognitive issues, and using a mediator if he refuses to cooperate.
My husband and I have been amicably married for 16 years. We enjoy each other's company and are home together a lot. However, over the last year or so, I have had an increasingly hard time hearing what he's saying. He sits in his chair and mumbles to the point where I can't tell if he's talking to me or to himself.
No matter how many times or different ways I ask him to speak up, he doesn't do it. He says he doesn't like shouting at me and that other people can hear him. I had my hearing checked by an audiologist, and it's fine — no change from when I was younger. But he still won't speak up! I'm so annoyed most of the time that I ignore him unless we're in the same room and facing each other.
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