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Katherine

Katherine

When Katherine was born, she passed her newborn hearing screening and seemed to be developmentally on track the first two years of her life.  When Katherine was around 2.5, we noticed her speech was behind her peers. Thinking it was just a speech issue, we weren’t too...
Zadah

Zadah

I knew as soon as we got the diagnosis that Zadah was profoundly deaf in both ears, that we had to get her help right then. Time was of the essence because we were behind already. We thought that we were getting the help that we needed but really until we got to WISE,...
Sawyer

Sawyer

Sawyer’s hearing loss journey began when he was a baby.  He received bilateral cochlear implants, and his parents chose Listening and Spoken Language as his primary method of communication.  Sawyer remembers participating in the Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language...
Margaret

Margaret

Margaret was born healthy and passed her newborn hearing screening. Life seemed normal until one afternoon when we were in the kitchen and my dad was holding Margaret and I started talking to her from across the island. I noticed she wasn’t hearing me, so I got a pot...
Noah

Noah

When Noah was born, he failed his newborn hearing screening and was diagnosed with profound hearing loss.  I was surprised, as we do not have a family history of hearing loss. Noah received bilateral hearing aids at nine months, and bilateral cochlear implants at 18...