As Helenka's mother, I would like to tell you about our experiences with her impaired hearing and her passion for snowboarding. Helenka is 11 and she has had two cochlear implants for a decade.
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Hearing devices, such as hearing aids and audio processors, are not only valuable but also very costly. For children with hearing impairments, these devices are crucial in daily communication and learning.
I am a mom. If you are too you surely know how challenging it is.I am a mom of a deaf child. That’s a one-level-up challenge. My second daughter, Helena, was born in 2012. I clearly remember the day when she was undergoing a mandatory hearing test in the hospital and the device kept displaying: TO BE CHECKED.
When a healthy, hearing family welcomes a child with a hearing impairment many questions arise, followed by doubt, and a plethora of emotions. Uncertainty, fear, and confusion are the feelings that prevail. There are cases where a family will not acknowledge the health state of a child, denying the diagnosis and trying to prove on their own that there has been some mistake.