World Hearing Day – Changing the Mindsets of what’s possible for deaf children

Nursery World

3rd March 2025

World Hearing Day – Changing the Mindsets of what’s possible for deaf children

Did you know that a child born profoundly deaf today can learn to speak as well as a hearing child? 13-year-old Sam is proof they can. Sam is thriving in school, loves science, dreams of becoming an astrophysicist and has just interviewed two British astronauts from the UK space mission.Sam's parents – who are both hearing – were worried he wouldn’t be able to speak or do other things hearing children can do when they found out he was deaf

https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opinion/frances-clark-world-hearing-day-changing-the-mindsets-of-what-s-possible-for-deaf-children/