Comment on Born without hearing, an 11-year-old takes on the National Spelling Bee

Joe Heim, Washington Post U.S.
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 4:36pm

Born without hearing, an 11-year-old takes on the National Spelling Bee

Neil Maes’s parents just wanted him ‘to hear the birds, the water running, the winds in the trees.’ Now he’ll be called to the national stage.