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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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the family doctor to discuss the problem.; [3 ]! W! ?# v5 B3 i" \& i- ~
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could4 a. ?* J8 y; t/ Q2 {
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
/ L# c+ j6 K" p9 `4 M# C4 p8 Aand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
/ Z3 J! E2 ]$ W1 c/ \" @go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"3 ~2 } j4 C# _! O4 | v
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
% A" n2 L( ?0 K8 y0 m g$ Orepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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& ?1 p- N' q6 Z$ P, `9 CStill no response.
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7 T* l- Y! [. o. X9 }' H5 s# S, jNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# H6 ]8 V) \" [ l2 p0 uand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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3 o' v9 c' j; F# e2 BAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ; ?1 r( J7 T0 n/ N
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 O7 E5 C* h. B
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(I just love this), a( H; f, ]) X) ^: l4 N
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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