In bilingual homes, raising hearing-impaired kids is a long road toward a ‘normal life’
A few days after the birth of Anna Jiang’s son, the first auditory test came back inconclusive. So did several more before the boy turned one month old.
It was difficult news at first, but it also came with a silver lining: Japan’s newborn screening system flagged the hearing issue of Jiang’s son early.
Jiang, 42, a mother of two, lives in Kyoto. By the time her son was three months old, the diagnosis was confirmed. At 5 months, he began wearing hearing aids.
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