Karen and I took the day off from work at the Passion Play, and went to the VA in Fayetteville for some medical appointments. We should have known there was something amiss when our GPS told us we were about to arrive at the Virginia Medical Center on our right when it was actually the Veterans Affairs Medical Center on our left. I received my third "lifetime" pneumonia shot in the past five years and was told to return a colon cancer test packet which the nurse forgot to give me.
On the way home we had our perfunctory Whataburger and then stopped at Sam's to shop for a few items. Karen saw a sign for free Hearing Exams and we decided that we would take advantage of the offer, each thinking the other one would be the poorest "hearer". Karen went first and did pretty well, having difficulty with a few higher pitched women's or children's voices. The pressure was on and I was shown to have difficulty with lower pitched men's voices and only the highest of women's and children's voices. Both of us should be able to hear what we say to each other, but the test (in our professional opinion) is a bit removed from reality. Needless to say, hearing aids are not one of our " bucket list" items. We had fun with Kim, the audiologist and the only other customer who came while we were there, didn't listen to what Kim told him and went away disappointed that she didn't fix his hearing aid problem. She heard all his comments, but probably wished she hadn't heard his assessment of HER professional ability.
Like many things in life, we are selective in what we listen to, what we hear of what we listen to and how we process what we do understand of what was said. Does that make sense?.......or to put it in plain English............say what?
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