There are many things a hearing community takes for granted, like the sound of laughter or a bird’s song. Lily DeBlasio hears differently. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Lily was adopted by her mother Gina DeBlasio, and lives in Loveland, Ohio. According to Gina, Lily’s journey from Russia to becoming a student at Ohio Valley […]
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Bright, social, and driven from a young age, Shane DiGiovanna was right at home at OVV. Even now, seventeen years after graduating, he looks back on his time in the program as one of the best experiences of his life. “Our family feels happiness when we think of Shane’s time at OVV,” says his mother
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Logan and Noah Turk have learned so much during their time at OVV. But above all, they have had fun. The brothers were born just over a year apart—Logan in January of 2015 and Noah in November of 2016. When Noah was diagnosed with hearing loss shortly after birth, the boys’ parents Brian and Mary
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“Confused, uncertain, unsure of exactly what this meant for his future…” These are just a few of the emotions Lori Lang felt upon learning the news that her son Sam had moderate-severe bilateral hearing loss. But once the initial shock subsided, she mustered her resolve and looked ahead, determined to not let the boy’s diagnosis
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Parris Jarret remembers her first visit to Ohio Valley Voices like it was yesterday. “From the moment I walked through the doors and read the quote on the wall, I knew this was the place for Evan,” she recounts. “For those who don’t have it memorized, the quote says, ‘There is always one moment in
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Alex and Jen Hrovat describe their son Landon as a happy-go-lucky boy who relishes attention, laughs when others laugh, and has a flirty side with the ladies. His hobbies include climbing the stairs to his bedroom, “reading” his favorite books (with help from his moms, of course), and pulling his dog Bauer’s tail. He is,
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Being a single parent is never easy. Being the single parent of child who is deaf or hearing impaired is downright overwhelming, requiring superhuman resolve and an abundance of love. Those are the defining qualities of Lindsay Herrmann, whose son Henry was diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss three weeks after he was born. But
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A happy, upbeat kid with an infectious smile, Noah Davidson loves playing imaginative games with his classmates and sister. He is also the star of his very own children’s book. Born in Minot, North Dakota, Noah suffered a traumatic birth that required him to be resuscitated and placed in the NICU for the first six
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When Alex Haban was born with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss due to the Connexin 26 gene, his parents, Byron Haban and Kelly Pitocco, were scared and uncertain. “We worried about his future and how we would have a relationship and communicate with him,” Kelly recounts. Upon receiving the news of Alex’s diagnosis, the
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Preston Conroy is an outgoing eight-year-old with a witty sense of humor—and, as of last Thursday, a proud graduate of OVV. Preston’s parents, Brian Conroy and Stacey Dugan, first found out their son had hearing loss when he failed his newborn hearing screening. After three more failed tests, they took him to Dayton Children’s Hospital
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