
El Deafo is the story of her early years, starting school, making friends, first crushes, everything that goes into elementary school life, only difference is Cece has to do it with a large hearing aid, called the Phonic Ear, strapped to her chest.

1 – 2, El DeafoĪs a result of an illness at the age of four, Cece Bell became “severely to profoundly” deaf. I found caterpillars with my friend Emma. I rode on the back of my father’s bicycle. I watched TV with my big brother, Ashley, and my big sister, Sarah.
