I grew up with exceptional hearing up until last year. I'm definitely finding this to be true in my case. Friends and family have to un-learn and re-learn how to get my attention, not to talk to my back, to turn the radio down first, etc, etc... Oddly enough, it's the friends that have gone away to school or are back in my hometown that adjust easier. They don't have to transition slowly and learn every little thing as they come up. It's just *BOOM* one giant thing that is different and, I think, easier to remember. I guess it's like seeing children only once in a while vs every day. If you see them every day, you don't notice them growing as much as the great-aunt that sees them and screams, "Oh my GAWD! Look at how much you've GROWN!"
Ok, kinda long, winding explanation of what I mean...but you know what I'm trying to say? (I hope? haha)
