Thanks for the post, Virginia. I especially love your 'hopiclopper.'

I used to know a 2-year-old girl who called motorcycles 'moatcies.' I still call them that. It was source of pain for her earth-loving, long-haired, organic-eating parents that their daughter's first enthusiasm was for fast Harley-Davidsons.

I have deaf relatives and am interested in the lives of the deaf. Would you mind telling what your school and family did after it was discovered that you had hearing difficulty?