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How to Improve Communication With the Elderly Who Suffer From Hearing Loss?

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  The 2023 World Hearing Day is here and so it the time to gift our seniors and their families with valuable hearing-protection tips. There is no denying that the entire planet is getting louder with each passing day. Hence, with such an alarming trajectory underway, how does a senior, who is already prone to hearing loss due to old age, is supposed to save their hearing sense? And, if at all the senior is actively coping with hearing loss, how can their family communicate with them? Well, let’s start with the latter question first. Let us reiterate the question; How do you communicate with your senior parent or friend if they are suffering from hearing loss? There are a handful of ways through which you could execute this challenge. It may be tricky and difficult at times, but, this is the least of what our elders deserve.   Here are the most feasible ways to do so: Keep frustrations aside: People tend to get frustrated from repeating the same message over and over again to a h