"I said, I'm HARD OF HEARING!"

On the first day of class, I told my students that I'm deaf in one ear. I figured that was better than winding up with a repeat of this situation. And I told them that if I ever heard them incorrectly, or didn't hear them at all, they should simply repeat themselves louder. So yesterday in class, a girl raised her hand and asked a question, which I had to ask her to repeat because she had mumbled. And then she said, "OH! I'M SORRY, I FORGOT ABOUT YOUR HEARING!" Which made me feel like I was about ninety years old.