Sometimes

Sometimes, I need to know exactly what was said. My hearing is poor, especially for decoding speech.  We had the family over for lunch for Father’s Day and Lynn asked me to sweep the floor.  Later, she said, “Did you sweep ?” but I thought she had asked “Did you sleep?”  Just that 2nd letter: sweep, sleep, steep,seep.  It matters. Often, when she senses I am missing something she said, she spells out the word but I often can’t tell what letters she said.  This time, I did hear that W and I realized what she was saying.