New Technology
Posted: 13 Apr 2014, 15:48NEW TECHNOLOGY
At the age of 84, Arnold was hearing impaired and auditorily challenged, as well as being deaf as a post.
His specialist told him that the latest hearing aids might set him back a five-figure sum, but they were well worth it.
‘Your ears will be 100 per cent again,’ the doctor promised.
‘You’ll be able to hear a pin drop in Timbuktu.’
Arnold was sceptical, but he was also very well off, and £25,000 was neither here nor there to him.
So he invested in this space-age hearing aid that was no bigger than a grain of rice, and the specialist fitted it deep in his ear.
Two weeks later, he was back at the doctor’s for a check-up.
‘I’m delighted to say,’ the specialist announced, ‘that your hearing is now perfect.
‘You must be very pleased!
‘And what do your family think about it?’
‘Oh, I haven’t told them,’ Arnold replied.
‘I just sit there and listen to what they’re saying. In the past two weeks, I’ve changed my will three time
At the age of 84, Arnold was hearing impaired and auditorily challenged, as well as being deaf as a post.
His specialist told him that the latest hearing aids might set him back a five-figure sum, but they were well worth it.
‘Your ears will be 100 per cent again,’ the doctor promised.
‘You’ll be able to hear a pin drop in Timbuktu.’
Arnold was sceptical, but he was also very well off, and £25,000 was neither here nor there to him.
So he invested in this space-age hearing aid that was no bigger than a grain of rice, and the specialist fitted it deep in his ear.
Two weeks later, he was back at the doctor’s for a check-up.
‘I’m delighted to say,’ the specialist announced, ‘that your hearing is now perfect.
‘You must be very pleased!
‘And what do your family think about it?’
‘Oh, I haven’t told them,’ Arnold replied.
‘I just sit there and listen to what they’re saying. In the past two weeks, I’ve changed my will three time