Supersonic hearing
Oct 16th, 2008 by Accidental Thinker
I don’t know which one of us is weirdly abnormal, me or Kent. Because either I desperately need hearing aids, or he has the most supersonic hearing ever granted to a human being.
One morning earlier this week, when I turned on the TV in our bedroom to get my daily dose of bad news, the volume was turned all the way down. Or so I thought. As I was positioning my trigger thumb over the remote to gain some decibels, Kent started commenting on whatever news story was in progress. Huh? I, who am within arm’s reach of the TV, cannot discern any sound. He, who is standing across the room in his closet, is reciting back to me every word that Matt Lauer is speaking.
Like any good wife, I didn’t believe him, so I turned it up to prove him wrong. Instead, I discovered that it is, in fact, possible to hear the TV on mute.
I think I’ll be scheduling that hearing test now.
Which one of you is abnormal? Kent. I’m just being a supportive friend!
It’s funny that the blog below is “The sound of silence” and this one is “Supersonic hearing.”
My wife could have written this.