To the person who left the anonymous questions about hearing aids, I can't help but be curious why you are asking... But here are your answers. Christiaan wears Phonak Extra 311 hearing aids. We bought these because they are water resistant and digital and are FM compatible. He has a pair that are transparent blue and a pair that are transparent red. We also have a pair of green camouflage nylon/spandex covers for them which make them very obvious, but protect them from dirt and moisture. His ear molds are also brightly coloured. So to answer your second question, no we do not try to hide them. In the past Christiaan has had longer hair, but not to cover them. Right now he has a buzz cut. The benefit of people being able to see the hearing aids means that people know that he is hard of hearing and hopefully make sure that when they are speaking to him they will be facing him and have eye contact. We try to make sure that Christiaan knows that his hearing aids are nothing to be ashamed of. But he is getting older and has expressed a number of times that he wishes he didn't have to wear hearing aids. I don't think that this is because he is particularly embrassed about them, but simply that he wishes he had hearing like the rest of us. A person wearing hearing aids still cannot hear as well as those that do not need them, they are not like glasses. I hope this answers your questions!