“My son failed his newborn hearing screening. Several tests later, at the age of two months, he was diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Neither my husband nor I had any hearing loss in our families. It was a complete shock,” said Katie Duerfeldt. After his diagnosis, Ike Duerfeldt was fit with hearing aids and […]
Hearts for Hearing was founded in 2003 with a mission of providing hearing technology and speech therapy services at no out-of-pocket costs to families with children who were born deaf. 20 years later, we are still teaching babies and children born deaf to listen and talk. Our services have expanded to include adult hearing care with offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Shawnee. Our team of professionals has grown from our original three people to 117 now. Hearts for Hearing continues to provide the first set of hearing technology and therapy to children at no out-of-pocket costs to families, and now includes Newborn Hearing Screen services, major research initiatives, Eyes Open Ears On programming, and its own 3D ear mold lab.
