The Macpherson Family
 Logan is our first son and he is age 3. Logan was born with full hearing. The first hearing screening Logan referred on with his left ear but a day later was re-tested and he passed. Doctor said he could have had fluid in his ear due to c-section delivery. Logan goes to school two days a week at Paradise Valley Cooperative Preschool and really enjoys his time there. His favorite activities are Soccer Tots and Golf with his Grandpa who he calls “Big Moon”.
Corbin is our second son who is now 6 months old. Corbin was diagnosed shortly after birth with a severe to profound hearing loss. Currently, Corbin is wearing loaner hearing aids from the Ear Foundation. Corbin is also enrolled in therapy at Desert Voices in which he attends once a week for an hour. Corbin is doing really well in therapy and responding to a wide variety of sound both at therapy and at home. We are not sure if Cochlear Implants is what Corbin will need right away but we are very open to getting him implanted if that is the route that his therapist and audiologist recommend for our family.
At first my husband and I were very concerned for Corbin’s future but after having spent lots of time with other families and seeing the children who have been aided and implanted at such young ages we feel much better about the bright future Corbin will have.
Both my husband Scott and I are fully hearing. We are unaware of any hearing loss on either side of our families. We have not done any genetic testing as of yet but are keen to in the future just to see if by chance we do have any of the hearing loss genes.
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