Hearing loss due to aging is just a fact of life, but as anyone who has older parents, aunts, uncles, or grandparents, knows, it can be hard for people to accept the fact that they need a little assistance.
That said, as anyone who has tried speaking to one of these people without a hearing aid can attest, the results can be annoying and hilarious. And annoying.
Which is exactly the scenario that Ryan Kober found himself in when he took his uncle and grandfather to get their hearing aids checked.
It started the moment they climbed into the car. Ryan really had no choice, you can clearly see.
I'm bringing my grandpa and great uncle to get their hearing aids checked.
*they enter my car*
Uncle: See, I can hear you just fine, I don't need to go.
Me: I didn't say anything.
Uncle: What?
Grandpa: Yes, I'm fine, thank you.— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
The look on his face says that he’s questioning his sanity in volunteering for this outing.
Help pic.twitter.com/GO3nN0moUh
— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
I mean. It was aloud? Right? Ha!
*doctor is giving my uncle a hearing test*
Grandpa: *LOUD HUMMING*
Me: Grandpa stop humming
Grandpa: YOU CAN HEAR THAT?— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
Humming in unison when they can’t hear each other takes some serious talent!
The doctor is out of the room and they are both humming very loudly in unison. I keep laughing and they keep thinking I'm talking to them.
— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
Do they think they’re in the shower?
The doctor took out Grandpa's hearing aids to adjust them in the next room and now he's screaming/singing a broken English version of "It's A Small World After All"
— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
You never know what you’re missing, I guess!
Now my uncle can hear himself so well he's whispering because he was so used to not hearing his own voice for so many years.
— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
Meaning… EVERYTHING you’ve been missing.
*coming out of the bathroom*
Uncle: I can even hear myself pee! I can't believe it!— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
The results? Two happy customers.
The happy customers pic.twitter.com/1PrT8Q8EN7
— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 24, 2019
And a happy internet.
Ummm I'll be on Access Hollywood at 7:30PM ET tonight talking about/doing bad impersonations of my Grandpa and Uncle because apparently my tweets about taking them to get their hearing aids checked got way more popular than I ever imagined
TOON IN I'M SO EXCITED!@accessonline pic.twitter.com/VI7ErY4eQD— Ryan Kober (@GrizzlyKobear) June 28, 2019
What more could a person ask for, right?