Deaf Teen Decides To Cut Off Her Hearing So She Doesn't Have To Listen To Her Aunt, Receives Support From Parents And Redditors

"She needs to lay off if she’s bothering us that bad"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• June 25, 2023

A hearing loss of some kind may occur in as many as 50% of those who have bacterial meningitis. This complication can happen as soon as four weeks or as late as eight months after a case of meningitis, depending on the individual.

Unfortunately, once hearing loss sets in, it rarely gets better. Meet u/hearmeoutthrowaway15, the 15-year-old OP who is deaf in both ears after getting meningitis as a toddler.

Luckily, her parents really pushed for intervention, so she could read lips, know sign language, and have cochlear implants. In other words, the OP is basically like any other girl her age.

The OP's aunt has been staying with her family during quarantine. She is REALLY not someone the OP likes, as she critiques every little thing the OP and her sister do.

The OP feels it’s also important to know that her aunt has done nothing to learn about communicating with the OP. She says that about 90% of the rest of her extended family knows sign language.

In order to avoid hearing their aunt rant, the OP just detaches her hearing aids, and her sister puts in her AirPods and turns up the volume. They can understand each other fine, but their aunt soon catches up to their trick and gets upset about it. 

The OP kicks off her story but not without a headline

OP's aunt tries to instigate fights between the OP and her sister like asking her sister if she’s mad the OP has something she doesn’t

OP's dad basically told her she needs to lay off if she’s bothering them that bad or she can leave

The Reddit post went viral with over 24k upvotes with close to a thousand comments. Here are some of the most upvoted replies below

The OP's aunt is an adult and should be able to seal with it

This Redditor is glad the OP's family is in her corner and her sister is pretty cool

OP's aunt is being mean and is now feeling sorry for herself that the OP hurt her feelings

This Redditor's uncle likes to lecture everyone about all the little things

The OP's aunt has the option to leave if she really wants to

Good on your father for standing up for the OP and her sister

It's lovely to hear how supportive the rest of the family is

There are other ways to communicate your displeasure with this woman

Adults doesn't get to be AHs and get away with it

She just likes the drama she was causing and the OP put a stop to it

It's so refreshing to read one of these stories where the whole family isn't against one particular person. Many Redditors would much rather read that only one person is an AH than have the person's parents as AHs too.

The OP was declared not the AH and you can share this story with your loved ones to get their opinions as well.

Maryjane