Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: aging in community

[fergyb2 (fergyb2]

       The issue of difficulty hearing conversation when there is a lot of 
background noise is a common one as we age.  The biggest problem we find is the 
sound quality issues in the Common House.  At Swans Market we ended up adding 
sound dampening panels to our ceiling over our dining tables in a successful 
attempt to improve the situation and we have a policy of no music at dinnertime 
since it makes it harder for us to hear the conversation.  I would recommend 
that forming communities invest a lot of thought on this issue since it is such 
a common complaint.  
                 Bonnie Fergusson
                 Swans Market Cohousing
                 Oakland, CA

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On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:50 PM, KJ <pumpkin2282 [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
>> 
>> Sharon great point.  I think it's great that we are so concerned about the 
>> needs of children, that we are past the era of "children should be seen and 
>> heard", but I agree that we don't do a lot to think about the needs of 
>> elders in our society.  This is something that probably has to be taught and 
>> modeled, so cohousing is the perfect place to model concern, respect, and 
>> caring for elders.  Likewise, one would hope that the elders would do the 
>> same as their bodies and minds allow.  I am 30 myself.  Kj
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
>> To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 4:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ aging in community
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Wayne Tyson <landrest [at] cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I confess to not having read every post, but who among those posting is 
>>>> in
>>>> the category being discussed?
>>> 
>>> I'm 71 and beginning to feel the effects of aging on hearing. I just can't 
>>> hear when children are running around yelling. Particularly riding those 
>>> plastic cars and horses. Loud music hurts.
>>> 
>>> People are very self-righteous about what they perceive as the needs of 
>>> children but multi-generational concern doesn't extend so far up the 
>>> ladder as it does down.
>>> 
>>> Sharon
>>> ----
>>> Sharon Villines, Washington DC
>>> "It is harder to be kind than clever. KIndness is a choice and hard. 
>>> Cleverness is a gift and seductive." Jeff Bezos' Grandfather
>>> 
>>> 
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