Roma needs hearing and speech rehabilitation to overcome communication difficulties

AiF. Dobroe Serdce

Foundation • Moscow

12-year-old Roma hears with the help of cochlear implants. The left ear was connected when the child was 3 years old, and recently, 9 years later, the right one was operated on. Now you need to learn how to use the new device so that your brain can begin to understand and process sounds and speech. And here we cannot do without the help of specialists working with children after cochlear implantation. Roma began to rapidly lose his hearing after 1.5 years. At first, the parents noticed that their son did not always respond to the name, and then the grandmother on the street could not reach her grandson running away from her. After this incident, Roma was taken to the doctors. It took more than a year of examinations for the parents to be stunned by the diagnosis of grade 4 hearing loss. With electronic hearing, sounds returned to his life, and thanks to endless classes with specialists, Roma started talking and went to a regular school, where he studies in a program for the hard of hearing. Now he is in the 6th grade, diligently doing all the tasks. But in a school setting or on a noisy street, it is difficult for him to understand others. There are difficulties with speech, too. Roma is embarrassed that he doesn't speak clearly enough. Because of this, he does not make contact with his peers, waiting for them to pay attention to him. But now it is very necessary that you and I pay attention to the Rum and send it to specialists. Let's help Roman use his other ear and start speaking boldly and without mistakes!