Phone calls are another thing... I'm on my smartphone all the time, but rarely talk on it

How about this one...
You are on the phone and doing your best to pay attention, for fear of missing words like discussed above, then someone walks up to you and starts asking you something, or to tell the person you are talking to something... I get SO Angry at this, because the net effect is I heard nothing again. I'm having to pretend like I'm still following the person on the phone and the conversation intruder is mad because I did not relay their message...

"The Telephone Tyraant" was what I called this character

I suspect you know what I'm talking about

Hearing improvments really help the anxiety/anger levels...

I hope you get an answer soon