"When you have characters in costume and they're all with all their friends who had a hearing loss, they felt like they belonged," Christie said. She traveled the country, bringing together groups of children with hearing loss to rehearse and perform plays written specifically for them. Today, her No Limits organization has three education centers -- located in California and Las Vegas -- offering free support and enrichment programs to children with hearing loss. There are so many successful people with hearing loss." It's involving the entire family, not just focusing on the child with the hearing loss.

Source: CNN April 06, 2017 16:38 UTC