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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought, V: _5 s) m" T; f5 g. M" |4 X
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
: ^6 E& n7 m& B( w) P" P$ Sthe family doctor to discuss the problem.9 z9 `; G6 I( }6 v( N/ a: m) s
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could! w+ L0 V3 |! `3 H
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.3 a. D& I9 c+ u7 M0 ^2 N$ O
* X: N6 _1 w& I. X+ j! {0 iHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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' L! @" K, `9 r* oThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the# r1 g6 w" s/ H6 ]4 }/ @% m
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" O0 p) t) ^2 L/ }& F0 M+ X& P3 `
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"# B2 U' I) J& Y5 {) ?
' p. k) V& O4 tNo response.0 x! @! b k4 L
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
+ q1 Y1 H3 @, U8 orepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# o7 q% J6 J- q* ?
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Still no response., O4 L- g* O4 p4 | Q# V
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
h6 k! Q0 E8 b( @0 u6 wand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ Q* x! J2 e9 h3 Q( U7 y9 mAgain he gets no response.8 Y5 v* s$ h2 q y4 k- J4 `
( Y+ ?' N2 Y+ ?" ^* Z3 A( |7 uSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 9 L+ v% Y! A% O+ a) {+ M. I0 X
for dinner?" Again there is no response.( |1 C+ n9 x- R3 C
- P) o! l9 U# d# z- p/ ySo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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