Center for Childhood Communication Patient Stories

Two-year-old Kamora was born with hearing loss. Read more to learn how she found her hearing and her voice through hearing aids, sign language and expert care at CHOP.

After cochlear implantation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a child with sensorineural hearing loss is able to hear – and enjoy – music for the first time.

Logan battled Sturge-Weber and Klippel-Trenaunay syndromes, and has triumphed over speech difficulties with the support of CHOP specialists.

With cochlear implants, Maria can now hear more of the things she loves, whether it be music or people.

At intensive CHOP program, teens who stutter learned tips from successful adults on how to manage the condition.

Because Julian is nonspeaking, he needed communication device — and the patient coaching from a speech-language pathologist — to open up his world.

Kate loves to sing. In a scare when she was 16, she experienced bouts of losing her voice. The Pediatric Voice Program at CHOP helped her get her voice, and her dreams, back.

Spontaneous total hearing loss in one ear turned out to be only a bump in the road — not an end of dreams — for Abby, who had a cochlear implant at CHOP at 17.

After just a year of care from CHOP’s Pediatric Stroke Program, 16-year-old Morgan has regained her ability to speak and is back to doing the sports she loves.

Lamont didn’t despair when he lost the little hearing he had in one ear. With a cochlear implant, he’s hearing better than ever and sharing his pride with other kids