Two New Children's Books About Cochlear Implants

Editor: Here are a couple of new children's books about cochlear implants. Thanks to NVRC for this information!

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Abby Gets a Cochlear Implant

A new children's picture book, Abby Gets a Cochlear Implant, tells the story of a girl named Abby who wears purple hearing aids. It details the process of how Abby gets a cochlear implant after her hearing loss increases. In the book, Abby and her family journey through Auditory Verbal therapy and enjoy the hearing world.

The author, Atlanta-based Maureen Cassidy Riski, AuD, has worked in the field of audiology for more than 22 years. She was inspired to write the book based on her real-life interaction with children and their families and the unmet need that she saw among families struggling to communicate this decision to their children. Dr. Riski has previously written " Patrick Gets Hearing Aids, and Oliver Gets FM, published by Phonak Hearing Instruments.

The book can be ordered through www.amazon.com or www.abbygetsacochlearimplant.com

Escape From Silence:

Two brothers and the technology that allowed them to hear

Simone Greene, the author of Escape from Hearing Loss is a mother who lives in Cross Junction, VA. Her two sons were both born profoundly deaf and have received cochlear implants. Her funny, touching and hopeful story tells of being overwhelmed and frightened by the premature birth of her first son, then devastated by his diagnosis of hearing loss.

Just desperate and audacious enough to call a TV station after viewing a segment on cochlear implants, she found herself bewildered by doctors but determined to get the hearing technology needed by her son. And then, with her second son's birth, she went through the experience all over again.