“A month after he was born we were informed that Abhijit had the “Rubella Syndrome”. He had cataracts in both eyes and then we learned from the Bera test that he had a profound hearing loss. We were deeply grieved and felt helpless and could only cry. One of our relations gave us the address of the E.A.R. Centre. The early intervention therapist and the audiologist explained everything about the treatment. At first Abhijit did not talk at all, but slowly he started to say words like “Mummy”, “Papa”, “give me”. We were so happy to hear that. He learned to speak fluently, to write and do sums from E.A.R.

Now we are very happy that he is integrated and that he is a child like any other normal child. He participates in many activities like story telling, dramatics, fancy dress, etc and comes first in Speech Elocution. At E.A.R. we learned how critical parents are in the development of their children.” - Devi Venkateshwaran

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“My son was born with a profound hearing loss. When he was diagnosed at one year and four months, it took me a few days to realize that language was not something you were born with. Not only would he not be able to hear and speak but not read and write also. E.A.R. was the first school we approached.

We were singularly fortunate because the philosophy followed by the school of Auditory Verbal Therapy was at that time new and revolutionary. E.A.R. put me on the right path. I can safely say that my son would not be where he is now if I had not been exposed to their ideas at the right time. He went to St. Mary’s with his peers, did well in the ICSE and is now in H. R. College. We have daily conversations on everything under the sun and his incredible sense of humour brings a joy you cannot imagine.” - Tanya Joseph