Learning to speak at the Lebanon’s Learning Centre for the Deaf
WASIM’S STORY
Three-year-old Wasim received a cochlear implant after being diagnosed with profound hearing loss. After initial speech therapy lessons only brought limited improvement, Wasim’s audiology recommended the family try the Learning Centre for the Deaf in Beirut, which Embrace help to fund.
Thanks to the Early Intervention Programme at the centre, which provided him with speech therapy sessions tailored to his needs as well as a home therapy plan, Wasim’s spoken language skills are now rapidly improving and he is gaining in confidence. He is also able to attend the integrated nursery at the centre, mixing with other children his own age, some of whom also have hearing loss.
His parents are overjoyed at his progress and believe Wasim now has a bright future ahead of him.
