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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
$ ?9 h# L0 z+ a) V2 T7 w- Qshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
\$ Y! h3 t3 O6 a7 C _3 Gthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ \) P% I2 B. z& W9 i6 Z8 m. r
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.5 g7 ?4 q% i/ G. Y9 H, a- r* Y
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
% c6 P/ f- w- Z2 e8 eand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
' {6 p; |, @3 c* G mgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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S* ]* J" Z( g' _That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the! G9 W5 m3 T* B6 B% p- w
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."! N$ o5 a4 h9 F
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"8 `0 E! p# l T c6 i% z8 V
" E' ?6 @5 a& b: v& x9 bNo response./ L" t. @5 [2 J7 u% t0 j7 L6 _
" r! l! i; r4 dSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and4 c6 ?3 B4 X/ s6 W
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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- e/ D: R4 q. E2 R* X% oStill no response.
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. N# i; G2 w- e7 ?3 M xNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.: A: I. ~- a; D5 r L. o. O2 a
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's * g( l7 g2 k+ \. E2 n/ x3 O
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)1 J# J q! `( A6 l
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" S" j2 \8 f' U# n"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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