There, her teachers must wear a microphone to help Cece hear what they are saying, but, wonder of wonder, it picks up everything the teacher says and does all over the school. The next year, Cece begins 1st grade in a regular school. Instead, she is sent to a school where everyone is like her and where she begins to learn regular Kindergarten stuff as well as lip reading and how to begin to navigate the world as a person with hearing loss. Soon, it's time for Cece to begin Kindergarten, but not with the other kids. Young Cece goes through lots of hearing tests (remember those?), and is finally fitted with a device called a Phonic Ear, a large, cumbersome receiver that must be worn around the neck, with cords that go into the ear. But then Cece begins to notice that something has changed - she isn't hearing people as well as she did before getting sick. She is diagnosed with meningitis, and must stay in the hospital while she recovers. When Cece is about 4 years old, doing all the fun, ordinary things kids do, she suddenly begins to feel sick.
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