Horton Hears a Who

At Horton's first day at the nursing home figured he had nothing to lose, working for the elderly, and the confused, most of them being deaf and wearing hearing aids, Horton still had to repeat himself, time and time again, when Horton would speak, all the elderly would say "Who?" as if they knew Horton was finished talking, right on cue, so Horton started talking real loud, and speaking real clear and slow, till finally they started looking, like they were in the know, then Horton's voice got raspy from talking loud each day, the elderlys hearing once again diminished in the fray, so Horton was about to give up, feeling he was in a communication rut, till one fateful day, instead of "who" they all said "what?"