Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
“A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room.”
“In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.”