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Hi! I'm looking for some help. My GrandMother (she's 90) is deaf in one ear and mostly deaf in the other. She was lonely before this and now I know it's getting worse. She can't participate in the programs at her home, she doesn't like to come over because she can't hear. I'm hoping to find some sort of voice recognition help. There must be something out there to help, this has got to be an easy device to make. I just can't seem to phrase it right or find it on the internet. Any help? Any advice? I know she won't learn to sign. That would be admitting defeat.

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jlg91199 said:
Hi! I'm looking for some help. My GrandMother (she's 90) is deaf in one ear and mostly deaf in the other. She was lonely before this and now I know it's getting worse. She can't participate in the programs at her home, she doesn't like to come over because she can't hear. I'm hoping to find some sort of voice recognition help. There must be something out there to help, this has got to be an easy device to make. I just can't seem to phrase it right or find it on the internet. Any help? Any advice? I know she won't learn to sign. That would be admitting defeat.

Thanks
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I understand what you're trying to say, as I took care of my mother from the time she was 90 to 94.

But as gently as I can put this, you may have come to the wrong place to imply admitting to being deaf is admitting to defeat. We deafies just don't look at the condition that way.

I'm late deaf and elderly and sure don't feel defeated.

Is there residual hearing? If so, you should take her to an audiologist for a recommendation on a vast array of hearing aids and helps.

Can she still see well? Then pencil and paper worked wonders for my mom.

You can make sure the TV she views has closed captions.

Oh, yes, welcome to AllDeaf.
 
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I meant that she is not willing to accept her hearing loss, yet. She goes to the audiologist, however she gave up on hearing aids long ago. She prefers to believe it is a wax build-up. We use pencil and paper. My toddlers are a little young for writing but speak very clearly. I was hoping the voice recogniton thing would work better.
 
Hi and :welcome: to AD! Enjoy your way around the threads of interest. :)
 
jlg91199 said:
She goes to the audiologist, however she gave up on hearing aids long ago. She prefers to believe it is a wax build-up. We use pencil and paper. My toddlers are a little young for writing but speak very clearly. I was hoping the voice recogniton thing would work better.
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JLG, in your grandmother's defense, hearing aids almost never bring hearing up to "20/20" average, like most glasses help vision. The benefits are usually far less, plus they can really be uncomfortable, squeal like all ten little piggies, and are easily damaged and lost -- particularly by us elderly.

Here is a URL to some voice recognition info, and I'll check around for more:

Speech Recognition

Chase
 
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