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The kids would put their records on and, you know, try to use the maybe 18 minutes as, as much as they could, um, making origami, drawing pictures, running around the classroom, on and on and on.

My job was to sit there and listen.

And so I had, um, I had a lot of practice figuring out where she was.

Um, I could hear her walking up and down the hallways, and that was important because we were in a basement classroom, and there were eight steps that led down to our classroom, and the sound of her shoes on the steps was different from the sound of her shoes on the regular floor.

Um, that's how strong this microphone was.

I mean, it picked up all these nuances.

So I wondered how Cece felt her parents handled it back when she lost her hearing.