Building a WISE Foundation: How an Alabama Spoken-Language School Helped Vivi McBride After Cochlear Implants

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Vivi McBride of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was diagnosed with severe-to-profound hearing loss as an infant and received cochlear implants in both ears at two and a half. Her family credits the Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE), which serves children who are deaf or hard of hearing across Alabama, with helping her learn to listen and speak.

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Building a WISE Foundation: How an Alabama Spoken-Language School Helped Vivi McBride After Cochlear Implants

Vivi McBride of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was diagnosed with severe-to-profound hearing loss as an infant and received cochlear implants in both ears at two and a half. Her famil...

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