Since I was born, I was diagnosed with congenital deformity microtia which is a deformed ear. I am also deaf out of the ear. Every day since the first person noticed the deformity, I carry one “normal” ear and one “deformed” ear. I also carry situations that involves the worries, the laughs, the cries, and bullies as reminders that I am not the same as MANY people. When I walk into class I carry the worry that if I do not sit close enough to the front of the class then I will not be able to hear, or if I sit next to the student who is a loud writer or worker, my ear would zone out to that noise. The worry of when I wear a ponytail and someone will notice it for the first time and laugh. The way I describe what the ear makes me carry may see it as a big deal of being deaf and deformed, but to me, I only carry a small
Since I was born, I was diagnosed with congenital deformity microtia which is a deformed ear. I am also deaf out of the ear. Every day since the first person noticed the deformity, I carry one “normal” ear and one “deformed” ear. I also carry situations that involves the worries, the laughs, the cries, and bullies as reminders that I am not the same as MANY people. When I walk into class I carry the worry that if I do not sit close enough to the front of the class then I will not be able to hear, or if I sit next to the student who is a loud writer or worker, my ear would zone out to that noise. The worry of when I wear a ponytail and someone will notice it for the first time and laugh. The way I describe what the ear makes me carry may see it as a big deal of being deaf and deformed, but to me, I only carry a small