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My husband has an inner ear deformity on one side that has significantly reduced his hearing (no branch of the military could accept him). That ear also has a permanently swollen appearance – not quite cauliflower ear -- which, knowing what little I do of how acoustics work, leads me to believe this magnifies the problem. In Sept he had an ear infection that perforated his ear drum in the OPPOSITE ear. It's like I am talking to someone wearing a soundproof head set. 

We have three little ones under three. This is making life very chaotic for us as he can't communicate well with me or keep up with the kids if they are out of sight. He was left alone with the baby the other night who had to sit for an extensive period of time in a messy diaper which was torn up as he tried to pull it off himself and resulted in a severe diaper rash and hostile mama. Hubby in the next room could not hear the screams but I could hear them before I got to my front door. I said that he needs to look into hearing aids before the new year (deductible) and he blew up in my face. 

Under no circumstances, he said, is he willing to wear a hearing aid. I said he better learn to freaking sign then. I don't know if this is a pride thing or what but I am going to be super resentful if this continues, it was hard enough to communicate well when he was "hard of hearing". We can't talk at all in a moving vehicle. 

His cousin has a child who had to have bilateral cochlear implants to restore hearing. She was saying that hearing aids can be small and worn in the ear, nothing outside. I've tried to bring it up twice since and he just angrily changes the subject. Not sure if it's a pride or an age related concern of his, but I don't give a damn if he has to wear an amplifying helmet!! (Pretty sure this isn't a thing) How can we move past this?!
<bot>: Hubby had reduced hearing before an ear infection that all but eliminated it. He refuses to see a doctor and learn what his options are to restore his hearing and I am ready to choke him out over this. Ideas?