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We Believe ‘CI Kids’ Can Do Anything Two daughters with hearing loss due to Usher syndrome inspire a family in Japan to open their hearts to the world. By Hiroko Endo I am the mother of three beautiful daughters: Sakura, age 12, An, age 8, and Riri, age 4. When Sakura was born I didn’t know anything about hearing loss. But after An was born I learned a lot about hearing loss. An and Riri both have profound hearing loss due to Usher syndrome type 1 that means they will also begin to develop vision difficulties around the age of 10. They say that necessity is the mother of innovation and that is very true in my case. After our daughters were diagnosed, I found myself feeling helpless and desperate to find solutions for them. I didn’t have a moment of peace because I was stressed all the time. Seeing my distress, my husband Takashi gave me some words of wisdom, 8
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