A Story
A husband had something to worry about his wife.
It seemed like she wasn't hearing as well as before.
Her hearing seemed to have deteriorated to the point that she needed a hearing aid.
He consulted with his doctor and the doctor told him that there was a simple informal test that could be done to check whether his wife had hearing loss.
First, he was asked to stand about four meters away from his wife and call her in a normal conversational voice.
If she didn't understand, the doctor asked him to narrow the distance to 3m, 2m, 1m, and 50cm until his wife responded.
That evening, his wife was preparing dinner in the kitchen.
He walked up to 3 meters away and asked her in a normal tone.
“Honey, what is for dinner tonight?” She had no answer.
He went closer to the kitchen.
From about 2 meters away, he asked again, “Honey, what is on the menu for dinner tonight?” ' he asked same question.
But, she didn't respond this time either.
The husband approached to a distance of 1 meter.
He couldn't get her response either.
It was the same even at a distance of 50cm.
Inevitably, he walked right up behind her and asked again,
“What are we going to eat for dinner tonight?”
Then did her wife give her answer.
"What's wrong? “
She said to her husband.
"I have already answered five times, chicken soup! Why don't you get my word?”
* The problem may not be with the other person, as I think; it could very much be within me.