My name is Pere, and I am 33 years old. I am Catalan. Since I was a child, I have been passionate about aviation.…

My name is Roger, and I’m from Igualada (Barcelona). My story began when my parents discovered that I didn’t react to sounds at all…

Hi, my name is Kidist Puig-Lynch. I am fourteen years old and I live in Wicklow. I was born in Ethiopia and I moved…

The USHbrothers, Ethan (22) and Gavin (20) are originally from Toronto Canada, and currently live in New Jersey. These two proud Canadian boys were…

I’ve always considered myself a lucky person. Despite the difficulties, I believe I’ve been fortunate in life: lucky to have the family I have,…

After six years of battling through the challenges of PMA to bring our son into our lives, Antoine has finally arrived. However, just a…

Jordi was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome type 1B this past year, at age 6. When he was 10 months old, he underwent surgery to…

Here is Chloe, an adorable and affectionate four-year-old girl. From the moment of her birth, it was seen, through hearing tests, that she had…

I’m Mariella, 28 years old, based in Vienna, Austria, and I have Usher Syndrome Type 1b. I am profoundly deaf and received my first…

I was born profoundly deaf and only started to walk at the age of two because of my balance issues. As a child, I…

Eric was born in August 2018 in Valladolid, Spain, and was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome type 1B in September 2019. Despite being born with…

Since she was born, in December 2017, we knew something was wrong with Julia’s audition. Approximately three months later, she was diagnosed with severe…

Leo (from 2011) is an 11-year-old boy, he was born with profound bilateral deafness. He was given his first cochlear implant when he was…

Léa was born in December 2013. A very quiet baby, who slept a lot, never woken up by noise. At the maternity hospital at…

Mar is a 7-year-old girl who was born with profound bilateral deafness. At 4 months of age, she began early speech therapy and at…

I was diagnosed with this condition while searching for the cause of my deafness during my first cochlear implant. This helped explain why I…

Bruna was born in October 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. She is now 4 years old. At just 8 months old, she was diagnosed with…

Félix is five years old. His deafness was diagnosed late, at 15 months. Why so late? Because we received a false diagnosis from the…

Lia lives in the Bay Area, California, and is now 6 years old. We learned Lia was deaf 2 weeks after she was born…

Jackson was 7 months old when he was diagnosed with Usher syndrome type 1B. At a point where we just started to accept his…