> because he feels they amplify things he doesn't want to hear. Could that be your mother-in-law telling him things to do? Is he afraid of losing plausible de

> because he feels they amplify things he doesn't want to hear. Could that be your mother-in-law telling him things to do? Is he afraid of losing plausible deniability - "Sorry, honey, I didn't hear that, you know how bad my hearing is."