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| A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought % s  t1 a) w0 x3 t  cshe might need a hearing aid.  Not quite sure how to approach her, he called- w: `  K  i2 N: w: L9 E
 the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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 2 ~, T0 J1 V  ~& J- y" }1 eThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could2 z" `( C! B0 o& y
 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,
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 go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."! v+ X! M1 c* G, X
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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?"4 h0 G+ B" n* q0 e/ Z: `5 R
 
 / b  W, G/ w- Y2 E5 J- rNo response.) \6 H2 ~3 ]5 |8 w+ R% M
 
 7 c8 k* p6 B, G, O4 @9 s0 WSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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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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 $ r- F5 A7 K6 \( \8 M; _Again he gets no response.2 V& K. k' Y; t( o; K5 v2 u
 
 ' @1 S! g  H! d+ w) \So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away.  "Honey, what's / `/ w7 C! r& t7 v# l- K
 for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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 3 L) |# w3 C9 w2 Y' j& G  o9 TSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 y: Q) B9 K- B; `8 W( F
 
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 - s4 ]9 i1 Z1 M  n: O"Ralph , for the FIFTH  time..... CHICKEN!"
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