I was about 3 1/2 when I got the measles. I was too young to ask why I couldn’t hear anymore, I just thought that’s how it was. It was my grandma who noticed I couldn’t hear any more. I can very clearly remember when she took me to the doctor and he used a tuning fork, when he placed it on the bone behind the ear I could hear it. They sent me to a special preschool and I did so well that they had me start regular school instead of Deaf school. I was the first person in the state to be main streamed.