{"id":1987,"date":"2019-03-15T23:08:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T23:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueldev.site\/~callier\/about-callier\/creating-the-ability-to-connect\/creating-the-ability-to-connect-through-treatment\/"},"modified":"2019-12-02T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:46:04","slug":"creating-the-ability-to-connect-through-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calliercenter.utdallas.edu\/about-callier\/creating-the-ability-to-connect\/creating-the-ability-to-connect-through-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating the Ability to Connect through Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Stephanie Cox, audiologist, and Isabella Gonzalez, grateful patient <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Isabella Gonzalez is 7 years old, but she likes to pretend\nthat she is a teacher. She puts her hand on her hip and says, \u201cGood morning,\nchildren. I\u2019m Miss Gonzalez.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when she was 3, her speech was unintelligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe wasn\u2019t saying any words \u2014 just \u2018mom,\u2019\u201d said Sandra\nGonzalez, Isabella\u2019s mother. \u201cWhatever she wanted, she just pointed. She used\nto sing the \u2018Frozen\u2019 song, \u2018Let It Go,\u2019 like, \u2018bo bo bo, bo bo bo.\u2019 She was trying,\nbut couldn\u2019t say the words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Isabella put her ear to the TV speaker to hear\ncartoons, Sandra suspected that she had a hearing problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe passed her newborn hearing screening,\u201d Sandra said. \u201cI\ndidn\u2019t know what was going on. She needed help. I was desperate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just before her fourth birthday, Isabella was referred to\nthe Callier Center and received a diagnosis of bilateral sensorineural hearing\nloss \u2014 moderate to moderately severe hearing loss in both ears. Isabella needed\nhearing aids, but her family\u2019s insurance denied coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was sad,\u201d Sandra said. \u201cPeople like us don\u2019t have the\nkind of money to pay for hearing aids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through generous gifts made by donors to Callier\u2019s Evergreen\nFund, Isabella received hearing aids and hearing follow-up services to ensure\nprogress with the devices for the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we found out that Callier was going to help us, we\nwere so happy,\u201d Sandra said. \u201cMy husband was excited and emotional. Isabella\u2019s\nbirthday present was her hearing aids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evergreen Fund was established by an anonymous donor to\nensure that children in need receive clinical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsabella is a totally different child,\u201d Sandra said.\n\u201cBefore, she would tell me a word, and then have to think about it, and then\ntell me another word. Now, she tells me everything, and in school she is\nreading faster than most of the normal kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter all these years, I see every day that Isabella is\ndoing better and better. We couldn\u2019t go anywhere else better than Callier. We\nare so happy. We are so, so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c When we found out that Callier was going to help us, we were so happy \u2026 Isabella\u2019s birthday present was her hearing aids. \u201d <\/p> — Sandra Gonzalez, Isabella\u2019s mother <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Stories to Inspire<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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