May is a very special month in our house. It isn't anyone's birthday or even our anniversary. Instead, each May we take time to look back and remember the GOOD things God has done in the life of our boy. Congress has recognized it as National Better Hearing and Speech Month, and so you don't have to ask us twice, to celebrate the miraculous way Cole now hears after being diagnosed with profound deafness at the age of 13 months. He was born deaf, but God has given him hearing in the most miraculous of ways.
This month, is for every single one of you...
If you live with hearing loss or are the parent of a child with hearing loss...you will find HOPE.
If you know someone with hearing loss...you will better understand what your friend or family member experience in their daily life as you read.
If your life is completely unaffected by hearing loss, the chances are you WILL meet someone, someday who does live with it, and after journeying through the posts here this month, you will be better equipped to understand their journey, someday in the maybe not too distant future... :)
This month I am SO grateful to have several guest authors posting with us, sharing the thoughts and perspectives from their very different backgrounds on the topic....
- You'll hear from several of Cole's speech therapists from our AMAZING Auditory Oral School in Illinois. They will be sharing from their perspectives as Speech and Language Pathologists working everyday with children with hearing loss who wear hearing aids or cochlear implants to hear.
- You will hear from a few families who have children with hearing loss. Each with their own story, you will understand a little better what it means to these mothers, to parent children with hearing aids or cochlear implants.
- I'm also THRILLED that my oldest boy, Ryder, has agreed to share with you about what it's like to have a brother with cochlear implants :)
- And, drum roll please........Cole is going to share with us, a video of him talking about his CI's, the parts that make them up, how they work and what they help him do!
Seriously, I'm bursting at the seams here....SO much goodness in store! This will be an amazing month, with so many different - yet incredible perspectives and when it's all over, you should have any questions answered that you had or didn't know you had about people who live with hearing loss and have chosen to wear devices to help them hear, listen and SPEAK!
So I'd love to know...if you DO have questions, what are they? No question is off limits. Don't worry about sounding insensitive...we want to know what you wonder about! Let us help you answers those wonderings this month, so you can walk away more aware and informed about hearing loss than ever before :) Leave a comment below and we'll answer any questions you may have!
Miracles found here this month...spread the word! This is gonna be good :)
