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unhinged if my grandfather was awake, he would sit at the dining room in front of a small tv. but first thing in the morning, he would spread the newspaper out across the table and take his hearing aids out. if my grandma tried to nag him, he would just lift up a hearing aid off the table and wave it above his head as if to say 'i can't hear you' but as soon as she asked him what he wanted for breakfast he could hear without the hearing aids just fine 191226