diff --git a/src/endWeek/saServant.tw b/src/endWeek/saServant.tw
index ce770a9ff0c46434fb2300716acb15441ba53b60..3f0fddbf7f62347f943cb04d0ccb08b8489d9244 100644
--- a/src/endWeek/saServant.tw
+++ b/src/endWeek/saServant.tw
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ window.saServant = function saServant(slave) {
 	}
 
 	if ((slave.hears <= -1 && slave.earwear != "hearing aids") || (slave.earwear == "muffling ear plugs") || (slave.earwear == "deafening ear plugs")) {
-		t += ` ${His} bad hearing makes ${him} a worse servant.`;
+		t += ` ${His} poor hearing means ${he} struggles to follow verbal orders.`;
 	}
 
 	if (slave.lactation > 0) {
diff --git a/src/js/economyJS.tw b/src/js/economyJS.tw
index 4de8f9f4a538588ffd5d5832ea248c25191f947e..d8cad2d9b39b84f062dd9ede6654f4de7b12934f 100644
--- a/src/js/economyJS.tw
+++ b/src/js/economyJS.tw
@@ -480,11 +480,11 @@ window.getSlaveCost = function(s) {
 		cost += 25;
 	}
 	if(!canHear(s) && (s.assignment != Job.DAIRY || State.variables.dairyRestraintsSetting < 2) && (s.assignment != Job.ARCADE)) {
-		cost += 40;
+		cost += 20;
 	} else if(s.hears <= -1 && s.earwear !== 'hearing aids') {
-		cost += 15;
+		cost += 5;
 	} else if(s.earwear === 'muffling ear plugs') {
-		cost += 15;
+		cost += 5;
 	}
 	if((s.assignment !== Job.DAIRY || State.variables.dairyRestraintsSetting < 2) && (s.assignment !== Job.ARCADE)) {
 		if(s.amp !== 0) {
diff --git a/src/utility/slaveCreationWidgets.tw b/src/utility/slaveCreationWidgets.tw
index 9d1f4451a10cc033fe5ddb72ecadcf1cf70e1020..00715b69f65a503318dda0cb00dada7ba5f7279b 100644
--- a/src/utility/slaveCreationWidgets.tw
+++ b/src/utility/slaveCreationWidgets.tw
@@ -2918,7 +2918,7 @@
 <<case "trainers">>
 	<<set $activeSlaveOneTimeMaxAge = 42>>
 	<<include "Generate New Slave">>
-	<<set $activeSlave.origin = "You bought $him from the trainers' slave market after they put $him through basic training.">>
+	<<set $activeSlave.origin = "You bought her from the trainers' slave market after they put her through basic training.">>
 	<<set $activeSlave.devotion += 40>>
 	<<set $activeSlave.trust += 40>>
 	<<set $activeSlave.health += 30>>