<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Stand well behind the dog and drop your car keys. Does she startle? Turn toward the sound?</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">The trick it to be where she cannot SEE you drop your keys, clap your hands, bang her food dish (that's a good one)or stomp your feet.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I would guess that you are correct in that she has lost a lot of her hearing but not all of it,so she hears you but is unable to triangulate the sound. I sympathize. I have the same problem with a hearing loss that is worse in one ear and so makes it difficult if not impossible for me to find, for example, a singing bird in a tree. I hear it, but I cannot zero in on it. I do not get enough good information from one ear.<br>
You might want to try giving her a little treat (and I mean little) when you speak and she looks at you. If she is hearing you and ignoring you, she'll quit, and if she is having trouble finding you, she'll probably learn how to do it.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"></font></font> </div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">(If Someone gave me a glass of wine everytime he called my name, I might respond faster, myself. Hmmm...)</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"></font></font> </div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">MomPerson to Nigel, Llewis, Conley and Doc</font></font></div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"></font></font>