my youngest was diagnosed as moderate to severely deaf at 5 months old, and had hearing aids until 15 months when they discovered his deafness was conductive and not sensoineural and hence he needed grommets and not aids. When he had his aids I did notice a few people staring at him but like Jett he was blessed with incredible above average cuteness so I put some if it down to that. Most kids asked what they were for and just told them, we decorated them with dinosaur stickers and told people they were like bionic ears. Kids were interested and kind, it was the parents that made a big fuss.
I did start to learn Auslan though, because although he wouldn't need it the research I did suggested that lots of kids with hearing loss like to socialise with other hearing loss kids and so I wanted boytwin to be able to fully emmerse himself in the deaf community or in the hearing community. I also intended for the entire family to learn Auslan so that his friends would feel welcome and understood in our house but as his diagnosis changed so did this intent. I had decided that unless his communication was massively affected that he would go to a regular school though, as being one of 4 I didn't want to separate him from his siblings. That said there are some considerations for school, things like do they have carpets and curtains as this will help him be able to hear better as they absorb background noises.
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