When I was 1 year old, I was diagnosed with congenital hearing loss. My sister, too, although she was 3 at the time. Not long after, my parents probably made one of the hardest decisions of their life—they gave the consent for the procedure to implant us both with a Cochlear Implant, an event that would ultimately affect us for the rest of our lives.
Take a moment and plug your ears. What you hear- and most importantly what you don’t hear – right now, is what a person with profound hearing loss experiences every day of their life. It’s the permanent cone of silence, …
The following post is a transcript of Melissa Stipech’s speech at Listen and Talk’s 2018 Auction. Hello. Thanks everyone for coming. My name is Melissa Stipech. My daughter Penny is 5 years old and has been attending Listen and Talk for …