"She couldn't talk and I was deaf, but she was all the surprises I cannot hear"
Everest lost her voice after a laryngeal removal. Leo lost his hearing for 8 years due to muscle deterioration.
"How's the new kid working out?"
"Oh, that new kid? He's awful. You've got to keep explaining things to him. I'm pretty sure he's got a head injury," and "he's very unmotivated."
Head injury?
He didn't have a head injury.
He was merely deaf.