Do you have a hearing problem but people accuse you of faking it?

I go through the same thing. Some times I wonder if I have a cognizance problem because I will ask them to repeat what they said and when they do I can not understand them. I was tested for it but they said there was nothing wrong. The difference is when I was tested I was expecting it and could pay close attention but in real life there are other sounds going around and distraction and it is harder to listen to what they say. Also my wife says I never hear what she says. I really don't she will be talking while I am on the computer and I will not hear a word she said. Then she gets really made at me and says I do it on purpose. And as far as people saying you are faking your disabilities, it shows how ignorant they are. I know I have good days where I feel I can do anything. But then I regret it and for the next five days I can not even get out of bed. Because they can not see anything wrong with me they think I am just faking it. You have to be confined to a wheelchair for them to believe and even then they think you are faking it. It really makes me mad when they say something like that. I tell them I would gladly change bodies with them so they could fell the pain I am in all the time. So they can see how hard it is to move when your back is completely calcified and unbendable

I have had a similar experience when I tore all my liguements in my ankle. I was bound to crutches for 2 years! Well, when I was using the crutches, I was taught the right way of using them. You should try to put some pressure on the foot, so you swing the crutches out with the bad foot and then use your hands to push down a bit and bring your good foot forward. Well everyone thinks that you are supposed to hold your foot up and swing on them. That is the wrong way! So I used to use my crutches the right way and people would accuse me of faking my injury because I wasn't swining on them. To the people close to me, I'd tell them No, it's the right way of using them, they taught me this in the hospital, other people are using them wrong. To people i didn't know, who would just shout faker in the mall or something, I'd ignore them, they aren't worth my time and I know my injury so who cares what they think! Don't let it bother you, these people are just rude and unaccepting of other peoples disabilities. If you can loose friends because of something so minor then they aren't your true friends. Your true friends would understand and support you.

My prolem is ot with my hearing, but with my ision. I've occasionally been accused of aking i BECAUSE I DO SO WELL!!! I do so well becaue my memory and heaing compensate for my lack of vision.