I have already explained to her many times that I can only hold conversations with people in the same room, but it's just the way she is. And she doesn't want a hearing aid because of the expense, even though I told her that she could get one cheaply at the non-profit clinic, and she claims it makes your hearing even worse. It's not really an issue with regards to chores or simple, one-sentence, announcements.

Anyways, these "conversations" with her in another room where I can't see her, it's like conversing with a ghost, and she talks the same as my deceased grandmother, so in a way, it is.