Dear friends, thanks to your support, Roma was able to complete a series of individual and group classes at the hearing and speech rehabilitation center and gain a lot of useful experience. He enjoyed going to all the lessons, and the teachers noted his involvement and diligence.
Classes with a speech therapist helped to put some new sounds, so that Roma's speech sounded clearer. And with the defectologist, he learned to better read emotions from pictures and understand the essence of what is happening, which now helps him to navigate more confidently and communicate.
The thing is that the boy has a rare genetic condition called Treacher Collins syndrome. Due to underdevelopment of the facial bones, he has a small jaw, no earlobes, and his hearing is reduced to the third degree of hearing loss. The bone‑conduction hearing aid helps him hear, but due to his slurred speech, Roma finds it difficult to communicate with his peers.
“During group classes, my son learned to interact with other children, to notice his own emotions, and to control them.” “In the past, when things were difficult for Roma — when he felt misunderstood or when things didn’t go according to his plan — he could get upset and offended,” his mother, Lena, shares.
Even during the training, progress with sibilant sounds became noticeable — the speech therapists were able to help him master them, even despite the recently extracted teeth and the Schwartz appliance used to widen the jaw.
But the most important thing for him was that during the rehabilitation, he finally found friends, with whom he spent all his free time after classes. The mother noticed that her son seemed to have grown up, becoming more sensible, calm, and self‑confident.
“Roma really enjoyed the course; he left with tears in his eyes. I sincerely thank everyone who helped my son get to an important rehabilitation session before starting first grade, because the whole treasury of my child’s successes was built on the good donations of tubers!”
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