The purpose of research and development in understanding hearing loss and creating hearing technology and strategies is to help people who are living with hearing loss. It’s important to hear from the people who ultimately benefit from hearing strategies. In today’s episode, you’ll hear a child's and parent's perspectives on hearing loss and hearing strategies. 

Today’s guests are Fern, who has hearing loss and wears hearing aids, and her mother Leah. During the episode, they’ll discuss what it was like to notice that Fern wasn’t hearing correctly, why tubes weren’t the ultimate solution for Fern, and what it was like for her to get hearing aids. This episode helps explain what hearing loss and hearing solutions are like from the perspective of a child with hearing loss and their parent. 

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