Who We Are
How the League Changes Lives
From infants to the elderly, the League provides a continuum of care for individuals living with hearing loss. We take a holistic approach, customizing our treatment to the unique circumstances of each person’s hearing healthcare needs and challenges.
An 8-year-old: “First, I am deaf. I learned how to hear at the League. They helped me by playing games with me, and making sure I could say words the right way. I am happy that I can go to a regular school. My friends thank that my hearing aid is cool. If you have a problems hearing, you should always count on the League for the Hard of Hearing.”
A parent whose daughter was born profoundly deaf: “…I saw Anna as isolated in a silent world. I thought ‘I just can’t face this.’ And this very refusal left me isolated, too, in a world of terrible fear. I thank God we found the League. The League broke through those prisons of isolation. They showed me how to face the challenges that lay ahead for Anna and our family.”
Parents of a toddler deafened by meningitis: “The League…provided information and professional expertise, warmth, empathy, patience, humor, and a large network of supportive parents facing the same difficulties. Quite simply, at a time of confusion and adversity, a time when we felt the most isolated from everything we had previously known, we entered a new community and made loving new friendships.”
A young professional: “When I was one year old, I was diagnosed with a profound hearing loss. Doctors told my parents that I would never speak…then, the League came into our lives. Three years ago, I graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and this month I graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. The League gave me all the skills I needed to reach my potential, as they promised so many years ago.”
An older adult with progressive hearing loss: “The League and its wonderful people have always been there for me through my entire descent into deafness, helping me to function along the way. As I lost my hearing, they provided me with hearing aids, assistive devices, lipreading classes, moral support, and most recently, the Cochlear Implant Support Group."
