Lena, a 7-year-old girl from Kosovo, struggles in school due to her hearing impairment and lack of support. Diagnosed with partial deafness, she relies on gestures and writing for communication. Despite a difficult journey filled with misdiagnoses and unhelpful treatments, Lena's hearing has improved with therapy but still requires a hearing aid. Her story highlights the urgent need for better educational support for children with hearing difficulties, illustrating the challenges both they and their families face in a system that often lacks adequate resources.
Learning at school can be a challenge at the best of times. But for children with hearing impairments who can't hear the teacher and can't talk to classmates, every day is a struggle.
Lena relies on gestures and writing to understand what is going on, but this isn't ideal in a class with over 25 pupils where things move quickly.
Lena's father, Faik T., mentioned that psychologists told him she is far behind in class; she urgently needs assistance.
Their journey has not been easy: Along the way, the family has encountered all sorts of difficulties, including unhelpful private doctors, costly treatments and repeated misdiagnoses.
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