Sunday 25 April 2010

Hearing Aids | Be careful what you say

My elderly neighbour has had a very profound hearing problem for as long as I've known him.

The other day he was telling me about how he had plucked up the courage to ask the doctor if there was anything that could be done to help him with this debilitating hearing problem. The doctor was able to advise him that modern digital hearing aids were very efficient and discreet, maybe a little expensive but well worth considering. The doctor referred my neighbour to a hearing specialist confident that a solution to his hearing deficiency would be found.

He then proceeded to show me the new hearing aids he was wearing and how inconspicuous they were, they were indeed difficult to see at all.

"My hearing is now perfect" he said.

"That is marvelous" I replied "I am so pleased for you."

"Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again too."

My neighbour now chortled to himself as he said, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!"

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