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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.
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; f3 _9 D# g( ^; kThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could" x1 ]7 z. n6 i" t4 } \
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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# U/ P) l" |# s+ }1 n# h4 o) lHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her," H1 u8 y9 e; d7 d3 N. P8 i
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
* I7 ?& I2 l& V9 ^go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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' g5 U# |0 ?2 v; v- F) M6 ZThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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' H8 H2 S& i: M0 CThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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8 t/ B7 b( ?5 ?, ^# O! p) Q) E. [So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 v$ p4 K0 G1 q" z" x9 f: a% Zrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?". C9 `3 X7 r. ^5 E( y- a
( p* S1 c& u. w+ [. `Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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1 P( I6 N4 j) S o+ K; Z. \Again he gets no response.& X. A6 G! Y+ w
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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3 E6 T: M3 h6 P1 O2 v# h# ]So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 {7 }( ^) o+ S0 t6 ? @0 d
& \- `- F4 f7 e1 q4 Y: E0 M6 ](I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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