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On 4/11/2024 8:47 AM, -hh wrote:


> Finally, the loss is slow over time so its easy to overlook.  My last 
> formal hearing test at my employer was pre-CoVid (~2018) which is how I 
> know that I definitely have ("age normal") loss.  Since then, I've 
> learned that I can't hear some higher pitched electronic beeps (oral 
> thermometer), or some automotive "water pump bearing is going". Probably 
> within five years or so now of needing hearing aids.


I used to fuck with my hard-of-hearing, grumpy old grandfather by 
looking at him and mouthing words.  Later on I did it to my Dad, too.  heh!
RIP to grandpa HTS and father JFS.