he telephone rang.
And Susan didn't budge.
Her mother dropped a bucket.
Still the child didn't turn.
That's when her parents got worried.
"Maybe our Susan is hard of hearing," they thought.
* * *
SO THEY WENT to an ear specialist. The doctor detected a hearing loss and sent them to the New Orleans League for Better Hearing for additional aid.
And now the child can read lips, wears a hearing aid and is able to communicate with others.
"Children are all alike,5' league executive director Stewart W. Millar said. "If they are hard of hearing and ignored, then they become maladjusted. "But if they are treated, trained how to speak and listen, they can live lives as normal as children with perfect hearing," he continued. [PHOTO] MRS. JANE BUDDECKE, FRANK KEPPEL
. . . reading lips can be fun
