Monthly Archives: April 2003

I remember when I was a little boy in Kindergarten that one of my favorite activities was “Show and Tell”. This was “the great event” of the day where I got to experience some of the cool things my classmates had discovered in life and also had the opportunity to tell them about my own awesome “stuff”. Of course, me and my friends would invariably argue during recess about who had the coolest item for show and tell day! I remember that for one of the times that my turn came to bring something to show and tell day I decided to “show” my hearing aids and “tell” my class about my hearing impairment. I was filled with so much anticipation for that day. I planned on showing my classmates how I could make my aids squeal (feedback) and how useful they were for those times when I didn?t want to hear somebody (turn them off). But I also told them about how if I didn?t have the hearing-aids I probably wouldn?t be in that class with them as I wouldn?t be able to hear. Continue reading →