Hearing Aider

I once had a hearing pre-school student in my classroom at the beginning of the school year. She eventually was sent to Oral, non-signing, class along with the other deaf pre - school students. It matches to her grade levels.

However, this is a really funny yet true story about this particular hearing student. A few weeks after she was sent to Oral class, she noticed she was different from her classmates. The difference is that she did not have any hearing aids nor wearing a Cochlear Implants, a popular fad for the hearing parents of deaf child. She had requested her mother to purchase a hearing aid. Have you ever thought about a hearing child wants a hearing aid? It cracked me up. Without saying no to this child, the mother had an idea. The mother of a hearing child ordered a Plush hearing aid from the Build A Bear Workshop Store online. It was only two dollars. (This will be interesting when it arrives, seeing her wearing a plush hearing aid, and reacting from her and the other deaf students.)

Not only requesting by providing her a hearing aid, she also pleaded to go to the speech therapy because all of her deaf classmates go to speech therapy. She raised her hand, "Me too, I need to have a speech lesson!" Who ever thought about liking to go to a speech therapy? She was one of the unique children who would request for a speech therapy. I did not like attending speech therapy until I was in high school due to wanting to practice for my Key Note Graduation. But I thought this is one of the funniest stories I have ever had in my teaching years.