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COMMENTARY

HANABA MUNN WELCH

Listening, hearing, faking it Oh, to be a good listener.

There’s more to it than just keeping your mouth shut. When you can’t hear, that’s an extra complication. Actually, impaired hearing can be a plus. I’ll explain that later unless I forget.

Listen.

That was the advice my mother gave me before I started the rst grade. She told me more than once. It was back when rst grade really w…