It sucks getting Old

I used to practice shooting at the pistol range in my younger days. Even though I always wore ear protection I believe that all of that shooting has affected my hearing. So here’s my problem… my wife likes to talk to herself, actually she mumbles to herself. With my diminished hearing, half the time I can’t tell if she is talking to herself or me.
This exchange happens at least twice times a day:
“Are you talking to me?”“No.”“Did you say something?”“No.”“I know I heard something.”“I wasn’t talking to you, I was talking to myself.”“Really? You’re talking to yourself again?”“Yeah, so?”“Why can’t you do that in your head?”“Why can’t you stay out of my conversation?”“It’s not a conversation when you talk to yourself.”“Whatever.”
Aging... It sucks getting old.