{"id":819,"date":"2019-11-29T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T10:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valleyaudiology.com\/?p=819"},"modified":"2020-11-13T22:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T22:30:43","slug":"when-your-honey-do-turns-into-a-honey-didnt-is-it-selective-hearing-or-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valleyaudiology.com\/when-your-honey-do-turns-into-a-honey-didnt-is-it-selective-hearing-or-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"When Your \u201cHoney-Do\u201d Turns Into a \u201cHoney-Didn\u2019t\u201d: Is it Selective Hearing or Hearing Loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Concord<\/a> couples headed for marriage therapy because their partners engage in \u201cselective hearing\u201d might want to cancel that appointment and give their significant other the benefit of the doubt. Often, the accused isn\u2019t actually ignoring the other person; they simply can\u2019t hear them.<\/p>\n

Recognizing the Signs of Hearing Loss<\/h2>\n

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Does your partner have selective hearing?<\/h3>\n

Headlines in Britain earlier this month declared that selective hearing is a widespread problem across the pond<\/strong>. A study reported that seven out of ten Brits feel their partner has selective hearing<\/a>, tuning out what they don\u2019t want to hear<\/strong> (chores top the list) but conveniently piping in when the topic interests them<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

How common is selective hearing?<\/h4>\n

Men are more prone than women to be accused of selective hearing; they are guilty of the act a little more than seven times a week on average (388 times a year, to be exact), while women practice the habit about six times a week, or 339 times a year.<\/p>\n

Can selective hearing indicate hearing loss?<\/h3>\n

The British might spell certain words differently (\u201clabour\u201d instead of \u201clabor,\u201d for instance), but they really aren\u2019t all that different than most of us right here in California; it\u2019s safe to assume that a similar number of complaints occur in Concord. But audiologists are quick to point out that what is assumed to be selective hearing often indicates an actual hearing loss<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Respondents in the British study seem to agree; more than half felt that hearing trouble might have been the real cause<\/strong>, and 40 percent admitted \u201cwith certainty\u201d<\/strong> that their partner is experiencing some degree of hearing difficulty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What makes hearing loss hard to detect?<\/h3>\n

Hearing loss is a widespread problem around the world. Because it develops gradually<\/strong>, it can take a while for a person to realize they are having trouble hearing. Before jumping to a false conclusion and blaming your partner\u2019s failure to do what they have been asked on selective hearing, pay attention to signs of hearing loss<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hearing loss signs include:<\/h2>\n