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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.6 t; M2 E5 N6 O+ Y
, m7 G% l* {' \" @, Y o- m6 u/ NThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could. m; ~8 j* h6 L e
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,% R9 U+ J j' n! G
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,1 x$ `9 w0 `/ ~5 I4 B/ z
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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: Y! Y0 n6 ?; `) J2 e4 gThat 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?"
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# w- ~, L' i& y5 T' b9 _; S! pNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and$ ~0 B$ t9 y( G
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
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Again he gets no response.* ~4 s/ K$ t3 v
F# T! E6 I" ^) ~+ n3 VSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 5 J5 N0 ]: l; z% a; p* ]
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)- z! Z$ ?, n5 s' c$ x
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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