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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought' Q) q, b6 u6 G. w7 b0 j
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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- o9 d: `" G' J8 A- jThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could Z2 y* t5 B/ u1 R& [2 P; o6 a7 U
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss., B) H' D2 P# |2 q
/ g0 `$ B% h# x" F6 @, h$ m( R; fHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,1 q" U+ Z; m3 g# d
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
% U8 o7 {: Z, W) q; {/ ^- Ngo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."+ U' u* [7 O$ c8 v/ B$ i2 C
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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?": u5 N" L" v X5 p/ d* m
6 @6 E: m- k0 l. U) L2 S3 hNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and9 o# S( h: ^; \
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife$ k, d! O3 A9 D# m/ L0 z
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.4 e) i, o# A# G9 }( A( b
, K8 _ c$ } t0 Q6 pSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 [5 V) e7 |1 D$ ]& C# x# ]
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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; i1 S" d2 f: F9 C2 v/ C6 _ wSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this), A- x: ]: n T5 g1 i
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* ~) }, u$ O) L6 \4 I"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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