Two weeks ago we introduced you to 10-year-old Charlie, who talked about his passion for singing and playing music, including violin, guitar, and piano. Charlie became profoundly deaf by the time he was three, and received cochlear implants soon afterwards. Last year, Charlie’s eyesight began to deteriorate and he was diagnosed with a condition which
Carolien talks about her experience of her son Jackson being diagnosed with Usher Syndrome, a rare syndrome which causes profound deafness and blindness. ———- So there’re four of us. Willem is my husband and we go way back. We grew up together in a small village in The Netherlands, close to Belgium. We got married in
Have you ever wanted to hear straight from another parent about what it’s like for your child to be hearing for the first time? Mothers know best, as they say! Meet Chelsea, whose one-year-old son Elijah is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Chelsea first wrote for the MED-EL Blog a few weeks ago about how
Have you ever wanted to hear straight from another parent about what it’s like to have a child with hearing loss? Mothers know best, as they say! Meet Chelsea, whose one-year-old son Elijah is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Chelsea shares how the hearing journey with MED-EL began for their family, including the confusing, funny,
A world-class volleyball player, 21-year-old Hunter Taylor was one of the first children in the USA to receive a cochlear implant. Born with hearing loss, Hunter embodies the notion of no limits, recently competing at the 2016 World Deaf Volleyball Championships and with Team USA at the 2016 Pan Am Games. We find out how
Jesper Juul is a family therapist who has founded multiple family therapy or counseling institutes, and has written numerous books on education and family. Here we’re excited to share some of Jesper’s thoughts for parents raising a child with hearing loss. I’m not a big believer in encouraging children to be different. Far too often
