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If ever there it a time of year when sound it essential, it is Christmas. There are so many wonderful things to hear! Choirs lifting their voices prayerfully, carolers extolling the season cheerfully, children making their earnest pleas to Santa Claus, voices of dear ones over the long distance wires, friends laughing and happy, holiday music on radio and television, sleigh bells and church bells and door bells.
Yes, Christmas is the gayest, most pleasant holiday of them all, and sound is the keynote to the whole event.
Consequently, what is sadder than the sight of an older member of the family who cannot hear as well as he was once able. He feels that Christmas isn’t as much fun as it used to be. He thinks it’s probably because people aren’t as friendly, as cordial, as warm and wonderful as in the good old days.
He resents the music he cannot hear. It annoys him when people seem not to talk clearly or loudly enough. He is apt to be grouchy because no one is spending time with him. It may be Christmas, but he is bitter, and dissatisfied and
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