This is the story of my struggle to bring language to my child who was born with a severe hearing loss as a result of congenital rubella. It is also the same story as experienced by my daughter and told in her own words. Our stories show readers how courage and determination can overcome such a difficult disability. We have written our story firstly to help the general public understand what it means to be born deaf and hopefully build a better understanding between both the hearing and deaf cultures. We also hope our story may help other families who have or are now having similar problems; from our experiences they will take heart and know that however difficult it all seems there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
