Lily’s Story
“I’m told I was a feisty one,” says Lily Hernandez, “a stubborn one,” she adds. “Tami Elder was my Listening and Spoken Language Specialist. I remember all the games we played with my family in therapy. She was very patient and fun.” That’s how Lily fondly recalls her early speech therapy sessions at Hearts for Hearing when she was a toddler.
Peter’s Story
Peter, 23 years old now, was the first baby in the state of Oklahoma identified with hearing loss through Oklahoma’s mandated newborn hearing screening program which required, beginning in 2000, that all newborns receive a hearing test before discharge from the hospital.
Kaysen’s Story
“When Kaysen was just a few days old, we learned he had a severe to profound hearing loss. When he was first, diagnosed, I worried about his future, his ability to understand others, to learn in a classroom, or to play sports. Would he recognize our voices? Would he be able to talk like other […]
Hearts for Hearing Team Attends the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists from Hearts for Hearing attended the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children from July 11 to 13 in Hollywood, Florida. This event is put on by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Dr. Jace Wolfe and Dr. Sara Neumann, doctors of audiology at Hearts for Hearing, presented at the conference. “We […]