以容貌判断一个人的技能或品行,有时会全然弄错。作者介绍他在多伦多Sick儿童医院头面科所经历的两个病例,初时只想到面容异于常人、智力差、发育慢,当作呆子。直到后来才发现是先天性听力不佳,影响了学说话,限制了交往,促使智力发育缓慢,后来配了助听器,儿童的智力和发育大有增进,甚至并不落后于正常人。 To judge a person’s skill or character with the appearance, sometimes completely wrong. The author describes two cases he had experienced at the head office of the Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto. At first he only thought that his face was different from ordinary people, with poor intelligence, slow development and as a fool. It was not until later that it was found to have congenital poor hearing, which affected the ability to learn to speak, restricted communication and slowed mental development. Later, hearing aids were used, and their intelligence and development were greatly improved, even without falling behind normal.