Hearing Loss Magazine May/June 2013 - 15

Walk4Hearing
Little Van Gogh’s
Jamie Wenger
age 7
Jamie shared the following
about the Walk4Hearing.
“I liked the Zumba dancing
and the balloons! It was a
really fun day.”
When Jamie was drawing
her pictures, halfway
through, she said, “Oooh
and the rain. I forgot it
rained, that was even fun
too. And we walked and
then had to turn around
and come back because
the sidewalk was closed.”

Madeline gets hearing aids.

What changes have you seen in
Madeline since first being fitted
with hearing aids?
Madeline is an impressive little girl. Since
she has had her pink, glittery hearing
aids she has become a self-advocate. She
speaks up for herself and she lets people
know when she can’t hear something.
Also, she is becoming more aware
of her surroundings. A favorite moment
of mine is when Madeline and I went to
the Llanerch Diner in Delaware County
for our ‘Daddy/Daughter’ breakfast
the day after the Walk. She noticed an
elderly man sitting nearby who was
wearing hearing aids. She pointed at
him, then pointed at her hearing aids
and said, ‘ears?’ The man turned and
started talking to Madeline. He took
out his hearing aids and showed them to
Madeline, and I helped Madeline take
hers out to show them to the gentleman.
All of a sudden they were in their own
little club, one that I wasn’t a part of,
and I was very proud.

“I had a fun time. I remember
seeing a big blue bird on
the Walk.”
Shiven enjoyed drawing the
bird in his pictures and he
mentioned that he remembered everyone’s pink shirts!

© Cindy Dyer

Julie Fisher is the
Walk4Hearing
program assistant.
She can be reached
at jfisher@
hearingloss.org.

Shiven Vadalkar
age 5

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