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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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$ S0 x7 l0 l8 ?7 t2 xThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could# j$ ?& r" I# Z G* h0 P
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,' Y5 m9 @* e9 S2 _
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
' q/ T/ o! Q8 tgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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$ e+ { P7 S0 b+ o, N7 I1 N1 v, FThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the/ {' \, k) K$ W: I1 H3 C
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.") c" l, e9 g. U3 N+ c* Z: V
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"( V7 r$ j& e$ m- ?* ?; J
/ |+ [( A0 G) K! \0 T1 w$ ZNo response.
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9 {, e/ Y2 \' H! Q3 ^So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
C$ i" [( T' ]' G3 Vrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ W7 G2 s" ~% ]$ l
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Still no response.$ |. D- `. W q7 N+ w& X+ X- k3 H" G
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife2 S* o; B2 K" x1 h/ ~0 z9 E$ }6 d
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.& ^; K' x4 D" P
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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% K" S% X+ ]4 `+ wSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 K+ \3 L! g1 ?7 \
$ ~; }! E: l. ^9 q( ]# M(I just love this)9 F: o- X( _8 }3 q: s f
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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