Stories Already Being Rewritten
In August 2016, Myron was only a year old. Pneumococcal infection. Purulent meningitis. Coma. Doctors fought for his life — and won. But the consequences remained forever. Deafness in both ears. Hemiparesis.
Now he is working with specialists - a speech therapist, a rehabilitation specialist, a neuropsychologist. Each session is another step forward. Each session with a specialist is his victory. Help us not to stop.
Valeria was talking, laughing, telling stories to the toys. Then the war began. Dad was taken to the front. The bombs fell very close
A speech therapist and psychologist help Valeria find words for the pain she carries inside. It's a long road. But she's already taking her first steps.
Hearing Parents. Two Children in Silence.
Marina is 12. She has already come a long way — implantation in one ear, class after class, sound after sound. She fights — and wins.
Yarik 2. First screening. Second. Total deafness. Almost a year apart — implantation in both ears. He is just starting to hear the world.
Both children need constant work with a deaf and hard of hearing teacher and a speech therapist — so that silence does not become a limit.
The twins, Matviy and Milana, arrived at the age of 5 with virtually no speech. The parents went to dozens of doctors and were told everywhere, "Just wait, it will go away." But it didn't.
They started with a neuropsychologist and a speech therapist from scratch at the age of five. They learned to distinguish sounds, then syllables, then words. What other children learn as infants — they gained through hard work. Now they are studying in the fourth grade of a regular school.