Thanks, Alffe, I'm in a situation with a selectively deaf father. He is definitely hard of hearing, but can also be hard of listening. He's adamantly opposed to having his hearing tested and I just can't figure out why. I'm desperately tired of repeating virtually everything I say to him.

He won't say why, I've tried to get him to talk about it. I even showed him pictures of modern hearing equipment because I thought maybe he had images of the big clunky thing on the back of the ear. He's almost 86. Is it pride? Stubbornness? Attitude? It ain't fashion, I can definitely tell you that much.