article_snippet.sent: and I started saying "deaf, deaf
article_snippet.sent: "oh god, I'm sorry" and he said "I'm deaf, it doesn't matter what you said, I can't hear you". '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Pettier said Mr Pettier turned off Mr Pettier hearing aid through the night so Mr Pettier wouldn't be able to hear me at all.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Pettier, who has been 97 per cent deaf since contracting meningitis aged five, said: 'Meeting Ellie completed me.
article_snippet.sent: I used to get frustrated not being able to hear things properly