Brenda Elliott's Page

Many years ago the Sertoma club donated equipment for the hard-of-hearing to use at church. Some time ago they become defunct. I have recently asked if the church would revisit procuring similar equipment. The Sertoma club would not donate any money to the church, when the church staff inquired. Now a sound person (hearing, who to my knowledge has little to no understanding or experience w/ hearing loss) has ordered something, but no one can explain to me what it is... The church staff member sa… Continue

I'd like to introduce myself briefly - I have four children, two of whom were born hard-of-hearing (HH)- the oldest (12) and the youngest (16 mos.). Prior to my oldest child's birth, there was no history of congenital hearing loss (or otherwise). Our next two children were born hearing, and our fourth child was also born with a hearing loss. Okay, now we know it's genetic! :-) My kids who are HH are both boys, and praise God we have new born hearing screenings in our state! They've both worn hea… Continue