An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one
day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her
hearing checked. The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks,
and meanwhile told him of a simple informal test the husband could do to give
the doctor some idea of the state of her problem. Here's what you do," said the
doctor. "Start out about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational
speaking tone ask her something and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet,
the 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner and he's in the living
room. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see what
happens." Then, in a normal tone, he asks, "Honey, what's for supper?"
No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife,
and repeats, "Honey, what's for supper?"
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and
asks, "Honey, what's for supper?"
Again he gets no response.
So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for
supper?"
Again there is no response, so he walks right up behind her."Honey, what's for
supper?"
