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The Founder
About the Founder of Ear Community and the Microtia and Atresia Support Group on Facebook Hello Everyone, My name is Melissa Tumblin. I am not a medical doctor nor am I a psychologist, but I am a mother to a child who was born without her right ear who has a hearing loss. I am … [Read More...]
Hearing Loss
This section contains information about mixed hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and conductive hearing loss. You will find helpful resources for hearing loss, information about bone anchored auditory processors … [Read More...]
Can’t Afford a Hearing Device?
Ear Community is proud to partner with both Cochlear Americas and Oticon Medical to help individuals with Microtia and Atresia obtain new bone conduction hearing devices when qualifying through Ear Community's application process. The processor models that are available through Ear … [Read More...]
Microtia & Atresia
What is Microtia / What is Atresia? Microtia is a congenital deformity affecting the outer ear (pinna) where the ear does not fully develop during the first trimester of pregnancy. A Microtia … [Read More...]
New clinic focuses on patients with rare ear malformations
by Matt Batcheldor | Thursday, Jun. 8, 2017, 10:16 AM Having a child born without an external ear or ear canal can be a scary and confusing experience for parents, and finding medical care for the … [Read More...]
Helping Malosi hear his best thanks to Ear Community and Oticon Medical
Ear Community is excited to share this sweet story about a little boy named Malosi Sualua who was born with Left Microtia and Atresia. Malosi is 4 and lives in Laguna Beach, CA with his two older … [Read More...]
Karen Smith, Executive Director of the Broomfield Community Foundation retires – Mentor to Melissa Tumblin of the Ear Community Organzation
Karen Smith, Executive Director of the Broomfield Community Foundation, is retiring this fall. Karen was my mentor who guided me and taught me how to run a nonprofit organization, how to run our Ear … [Read More...]
Helping Joan hear better thanks to Oticon Medical and the Ear Community Organization
Ear Community is thrilled to introduce you to Joan Yirenkyi. Joan is a beauty at 27 years old and lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with her family. She was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome … [Read More...]
