Kelly Thorner

This is the story of my daughter, Hannah. Hannah is an amazing child. Hannah can speak, read, and write English. She can play the piano and violin and she is mainstreamed into a third grade class. Hannah was born profoundly deaf and was not diagnosed until she was almost two years old. She received a cochlear implant when she was 2 ½ years old. Through a lot of support, therapies, and perseverance, the goals that her parents set up for her were achieved. Hannah is not only amazing for accomplishing these goals, she is amazing because as her parents were teaching her to speak and read, she was teaching her parents about courage, strength and love.

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