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- Screen. Connect. Communicate.
- From the Desk of… Jacquie Monaghan
- Hear and Now: Meet Maria
- Easy, Fun At-Home Craft
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- James Lives Loud and Proud
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- Receiving a Hearing Loss Diagnosis: What’s Next?
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- From School to the Soccer Field
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- Making Mealtimes Fun
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- From the desk of… Katie Smith
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- “One email is all it took!”
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Maia’s Story
At 9.10pm on 24 October 2013 our beautiful daughter Maia was born.
The moment of elation was short-lived as we immediately noticed her left ear was missing. I frantically looked to the medical team around me for answers but received none.
Panic set in as we waited 4 days in hospital for an ENT to explain her condition, by which point we already had all the answers from Simone, who runs the Microtia and Atresia Program at Hear and Say.
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