Do You Know Page #2

HIM:

(LAUGHING, NODDING TO HER IN AGREEMENT)

PUTS HEARING AIDE IN

HELLO? THIS IS...

DOCTORS' OFFICE HALLWAY WITH PATIENT ROOMS

INT:
DOCTOR A IS WALKING DOWN THE HALL OF OFFICE TO SEE NEXT PATIENT. PASSES DOCTOR B AS HE/SHE ENTERS A ROOM TO SEE A PATENT

DOCTOR A:

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT 37.5 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE HEARING LOSS, AND 28.8 MILLION OF THEM COULD BENEFIT FROM GETTING THEIR HEARING TESTED TO VERIFY IF HEARING AIDS OR SURGERY IS NEEDED.

INT:
DOCTOR A GRABS CHART FROM WALL, QUICK REVIEW AS HE WALKS IN THE ROOM TO SEE FATHER & MOTHER FROM BBQ IN THE ROOM.

HI JOE, MELODY. HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY?

SOUND:
DOCTOR’S SHOES MAKE A LOUD SQUEAK ON THE POLISHED FLOOR

MELODY:

HI DOC. HE GETS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE CAN NOT HEAR VERY WELL. HE THINKS I’M ALWAYS MAD AT HIM BECAUSE HE CAN NOT REMEMBER. OUR DAUGHTER SUGGESTED WE CHECK IN WITH YOU TO SEE IF JOE CAN EVEN HEAR ANYMORE OR

(PAUSE. COUGH. WHISPERING ..)

..TO SEE IF HE IS LOSING HIS MIND.

LOOKING DOWN AT A MAGAZINE, BACK TURNED FROM SIGHT OF THE DOOR HE DOESN'T NOTICE DOCTOR HAS ENTERED THE ROOM.

JOE:

HOW MUCH DO THEY THINK....

(turns to look at Melody, her back is turned. He see Dr. and voice chances to surprised...)

JOE:
(CONT’D)

OH HEY DOC. IT MUST BE THOSE FANCY NINJA QUIET SHOES YOU’RE WEARING. DIDN’T HEAR YOU WALK IN.

AUDIOLOGY TESTING ROOM

CUT TO JOE WALKING INTO AN AUDIOLOGY TESTING BOOTH

DOCTOR B:
VO

LACK OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT ARE THOUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCELERATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S COGNITIVE DECLINE.

DOCTOR A:
VO

SOME RESEARCH SHOWS WHEN YOUR BRAIN COMPREHENDS WHAT YOU ARE HEARING, IT TAKES RESOURCES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE FOR ENCODING WHAT YOU ARE HEARING INTO A MEMORY. IN SHORT, YOU CAN NOT REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID NOT HEAR.

VO AS DOCTOR CHECKS JOE’S EARS, JOE SMILES, AMAZED HE CAR HEAR SOME SOUNDS IN THE MACHINE WITH LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM A HEARING AID. BOTH GET UP AND WALK OUT TO WAITING ROOM TO SEE AN ANXIOUS MELODY.

MELODY:

DOCTOR, HOW DID IT GO?

JOE LOOKS AT MELODY

JOE:

IT WENT GREAT! TURNS OUT THE OFFICE HAS A HEARING DEVICE TO HELP ME OUT.

MELODY TEARS UP. SMILES. STANDS UP TO HUG JOE.

JOE:
(CONT’D)

EASY NOW. EASY NOW. LET’S NOT MAKE A TRIP TO THE ER TODAY FOR BROKEN RIBS.

JOE WALKS OVER TO DOCTORS AND HIS ASSISTANT STARTS SIGNING JOE UP TO GET HEARING AID.

SUPER:
AD FOR HEARING AIDES, OR PAN TO A POSTER IN THE WAITING ROOM...

NURSE WALKS INTO WAITING ROOM AND WE NOW SEE HIM AND HER (ASIAN COUPLE) SITTING INT THE WAITING ROOM. THEY STAND UP, HE LEADS HER TO WALK TO NURSE WHO IS WAITING AT THE DOOR.

SUPER:

DOCTOR B:
VO

HE MAY NOT BE IGNORING YOU, SHE MAY NOT KNOW SHE CAN NOT HEAR

YOU. IT MAY BE TIME FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR TO GET THE FACTS.

DOCTOR B TURNS FROM CAMERA AND LOOKS UP AS AM/ASIAN COUPLE WALK INTO THE TESTING ROOM, GREETED BY DOCTOR B.

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