Children Are An Earful In A Handful

(I am deaf and wear hearing aids. Most nights I take them out and put them on the bedside table when I go to sleep. Luckily, I have a wife who is willing to take over ‘hearing duties’ whilst I’m out like a light and can’t hear anything unless it’s VERY loud! At this time, we have a four-year-old daughter who sleeps in her own bedroom next door. She’s just woken up early and comes through to our bedroom. My daughter walks round to my side of the bed and says something to me, but I’m fast asleep.)

Wife: “He can’t hear you, darling; he’s asleep and doesn’t have his ears in.”

(My daughter picked up my aids, cradled them in her hands, and started talking to them!)