The Joys of Hearing Loss

Sometimes having a daughter (Skye) with a unilateral hearing loss can be frustrating, as it is hard to tell when she has heard me and when she hasn't (among other things).

But today we saw the funny side of hearing loss.

The girls were all in one room, having a conversation about a new story they were going to write. They were trying to come up with character names.

Skye: Her first name's Bethany. What about her last name?

At this point I stick my head in the door and ask of her sister, "What is Jeffrey eating?"

Her sister says, "Fishsticks."

Not having heard my interruption, Skye says, "Fishsticks? Bethany Fishsticks? What kind of name is that? That is a weird name!"

We were all laughing after that one.