Panel 1: The Benefits of being profoundly Deaf

Panel 2: (Desmond and Helen are sitting on a sofa. Desmond is smiling, texting on his smartphone. Helen is hunched over, frowning with her eyes closed, knitting. Her hair is ruffled, and her body is shaking. Cedric is standing nearby, looking at a book on a stand, and playing the violin with effort. There are screechy sounds and broken notes coming from the violin)
Helen is thinking: “BEGINNING VIOLIN LESSONS… VERY, VERY PAINFUL.”