Sunny's Ears (1998)

Sunny is a 13-year-old girl who lost her hearing at age 11 after a bout of meningitis. She talks normally, and her family is learning sign language - and she has a nutty school friend who was born deaf, and who can't talk. One day, she stumbles across a stray dog, who saves her from being run over. She wants to keep him, but her parents don't want a dog in the house. She rescues him from the pound where they send him, and comes up with the idea of having him trained as a hearing dog. This convinces her parents to allow him in the house, and she names him Ears.

Released Oct. 15, 1998 88 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, imdb.girl-and-her-dog, imdb.dog, imdb.school, imdb.ears, imdb.friend, imdb.sign-language + 11 more, imdb.meningitis, imdb.hearing-ear-dog, imdb.girl-dog-relationship, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.friendship, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.sense-of-hearing, imdb.loss-of-hearing, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.deafness