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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCreative Mom Turns Children's Hearing Aids into Superheroes to Boost Their Confidence
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With a 4-year-old son who was diagnosed with profound deafness and hearing loss just months after his birth, UK mother Sarah Ivermee is all too familiar with the struggles of fitting a child with cochlear implants and other hearing aids. One often neglected issue is the teasing or sense of alienation that children may experience as a result of being the only one in a group of peers with a hearing device. After learning that the 9-year-old daughter of a friend disliked wearing her hearing aid because it made her feel different from her friends, Ivermee offered to decorate the device with nail stickers to see if it would make a difference. Seeing how much the young girl loved the pretty results, Ivermee was struck by an ideawhy not help families everywhere by making a simple product that would boost the confidence of children with hearing impairments?
In 2014, the mother-of-two brought that vision to life when she created Lugs, a company that sells custom-made kits to decorate hearing aids and cochlear implants. The creative designs, which range from brightly colored flowers to popular superheroes, make children proud and excited to show off their unique hearing devices.
"I am so pleased every time my inbox pings and I receive a thank you email accompanied with pictures of children wearing Lugs on their hearing devices and loving them," Ivermee wrote in a blog post on Limping Chicken. "Needless to say, our son Freddie reaps the most benefit from the business, as he gets to choose new designs every month, making all his hearing friends at school very jealous!"
In 2014, the mother-of-two brought that vision to life when she created Lugs, a company that sells custom-made kits to decorate hearing aids and cochlear implants. The creative designs, which range from brightly colored flowers to popular superheroes, make children proud and excited to show off their unique hearing devices.
"I am so pleased every time my inbox pings and I receive a thank you email accompanied with pictures of children wearing Lugs on their hearing devices and loving them," Ivermee wrote in a blog post on Limping Chicken. "Needless to say, our son Freddie reaps the most benefit from the business, as he gets to choose new designs every month, making all his hearing friends at school very jealous!"
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/sarah-ivermee-custom-hearing-aid-decorations
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Creative Mom Turns Children's Hearing Aids into Superheroes to Boost Their Confidence (Original Post)
MerryBlooms
Jul 2015
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I noticed that error, but thought the overall message of the article was worth sharing.
MerryBlooms
Jul 2015
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procon
(15,805 posts)1. What a great idea!
Little things life this can really help kids feel special instead of 'different'.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. "cochlear implants and other hearing aids"
Shoddy reporting. As the name implies, cochlear implants are surgically implanted, as opposed to hearing aids, which are worn in the outer ear.
MerryBlooms
(11,776 posts)4. I noticed that error, but thought the overall message of the article was worth sharing.
Do you think I should just delete?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)5. Course not. Thanks for posting. Great Story.
MerryBlooms
(11,776 posts)6. Oh good, because the last thing on my mind when I posted the article was
insulting and/or misleading anyone.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)7. Awesome!!!!!!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)8. great idea