07/26/2025
"Peyton Halwani of New Windsor, NY, started wearing a hearing aid when she was four-and-a-half years old. This past September, she started kindergarten. Every day, a classmate asked, “What’s in your ear?” Peyton’s mom Niki started to see the frustration on her daughter’s face as the questions persisted. “What is that?” “Why do you have it?” “What does it do?”
o, she decided to write a book to make Peyton feel confident, and for parents and educators to read to children."
Peyton Halwani of New Windsor, NY, started wearing a hearing aid when she was four-and-a-half years old. This past September, she started kindergarten. Every day, a classmate asked, “What’s in your ear?” Peyton’s mom Niki started to see the frustration on her daughter’s face as the questio...