Since we have about gone to visual impairment with reading this thread, how 'bout us that are half (or more) deaf. This is my biggest problem now. Thanks to my good Uncle Sam in the '60s and some of his more explosive militant moments I have to turn my radio up to the point the neighbors look at me funny. The TV - my wife will leave the room unless I have the closed captioning turned on - then to make it even worse, it seems that every female under the age of 35 talks so fast and jumbles whatever she is saying, that I keep saying What? Huh? Then the phone!! Especially cell phones, seem to jumble and miss entire sentences. Then there's my wife. She has a very soft voice most of the time (it's only when it isn't I worry). I think she is aware that sometimes my hearing can be a bit selective, but not always. And if I'm driving, she's on my deafer side

So, since I've hijacked Dave S' thread(again!!) - any comments on this sad state of affairs