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The first 7 months of George’s life, after finding out he had hearing loss at birth, Auslan wasn’t mentioned or discussed. It was all about speech therapy, intensive interventions, hearing aids, and Ling sounds. This was stressful as George wasn’t hitting milestones or responding, and then he decided he didn’t want hearing aids. I would sit in on sessions and watch him not engaging as they wanted, and week after week they just didn’t get anywhere with him, not at the speed th

On January 12, 2022, I had the most amazing birth and labour possible. I arrived at the hospital with minutes to spare before baby George entered this world. It was fast, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Within 4 hours of George’s birth, he had the national hearing screening test done by the audiologist. She told us that both ears failed, although due to a fast birth it was probably just fluid. We didn’t care. We heard her but didn’t think a second beyond th