“Do you hear the birds singing?”
Jemima says:
I used to work in a school with hard of hearing children. We had one girl who came from a family of five. Both her parents were profoundly deaf, as she was. She had a younger brother who was severely deaf and an older sister who was the only hearing member of the family.
One summer morning, she came into the unit and said in a disbelieving voice “My sister says that she hears the birds singing in the morning and it wakes her up. Do you hear the birds singing?” It totally wrung my heart and I vowed never to complain about being woken by them ever again…
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08:26 pm - Monday May 12 2008
Hi Jemima
If you read my entry: ‘Deafening Silence’ you will have even more understanding of the problem!
Yes, please cherish the sounds of the birds (even the annoying ones!!) - you never know, one day, you might wish that you could hear them again - I know I do!
Best wishes
Susan