Is this because he is Deaf, or because he is a teenage boy?
I don't know that it matters. He lives life at full volume. And most of the time, I love his constant noise.
At least that way I know where he is.
"It must be so nice," people who were finding out about Ben's deafness, and who were trying to put a positive spin on things used to say to me, "Your house must be so quiet."
To which, I would honestly reply, "Not really."
Inevitably an awkward beat or two would follow in which they were left to wonder what I had meant by "not really."
Finally I would smile and say, "My house isn't quiet at all."
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