Brody: For hearing-impaired babies, a joyful noise
(WorldNews Health)

Jane R. Madell, a pediatric audiology consultant and speech-language pathologist in Brooklyn, wants every parent with a child born hearing-impaired to know that it is now possible for nearly all children with severe hearing loss to learn to listen and speak as if their hearing were completely normal. “Children identified with hearing loss at birth and fitted with technology in the first weeks of life blend in so well with everyone else that people don’t realize ......