Old fogies only? I don't think so. I have hearing loss due to severe ear infections as a child. The finally put tubes in my ears. Apparently, I used to hold on to my dad's pants leg and walk behind him while he tilled the garden. I loved the dirt between my toes. After the tubes, and my returned hearing, I followed dad, he started up the tiller, and I shrieked and ran into the house. I had never heard the tiller before. Now, I can't differentiate low sounds, high pitch sounds make my right ear feel like a butterfly with claws has gone nuts in my inner ear, and my balance is still wonky.
The moral? If your young child has ear infections a lot, GET THEM TAKEN CARE OF!!!! I know one little boy with severe hearing loss becuase his parents wouldn't put tubes in his ears, and a cousin who is pretty much completely deaf because of them.
But Danny is lucky. I'm glad things worked out for you. That must have been kinda scary to wake up with lost hearing.
And a big Eeeeewwwww on the roach thing. *shudder*
