Microtia, Atresia, and hearing loss information and support
Ear Community
Update on the Ear Community Organization’s website:
The Ear Community Organization’s website is now www.EarCommunity.org However, the www.EarCommunity.com will continue to be owned by the Ear Community Organization and will be redirected to the .org domain address. All website visitors who visit our .com domain address will automatically be redirected to the .org address.
Thanks!
Melissa Tumblin
The Ear Community Organization
www.EarCommunity.org
Melissa Tumblin, Founder of Ear Community speaking with families at an Ear Community picnic in Ohio.
On Wednesday, May 18th, 2016, Fox31 News DENVER aired a clip on the Ear Community Organization that helped promote public awareness about Microtia and Atresia and hearing loss for “Better Hearing and Speech Month” for the month of May.
The Ear Community Organization has helped thousands of families since 2010 all over the world who have loved ones born with Microtia and Atresia (missing ears and the absence of an ear canal resulting in hearing loss). The charitable organization helps obtain new bone anchored hearing devices for the needy with Microtia and Atresia and awards college scholarships as well. Ear Community’s organization is the first of its kind, as a parent driven nonprofit, to host events all over the world that help bring families together so they can be educated on all options for Microtia and Atresia and so that families know they are not alone. The organization has hosted nearly 30 family events all over the world and has donated over 70 bone anchored hearing devices to children and adults born with Microtia and Atresia. The Ear Community website is a leading helpful resource and wealth of information for learning more about Microtia and Atresia for both, families and medical professionals. The Ear Community website is translatable in 47 different languages.
Here is Ear Community’s story in the news:
http://kdvr.com/2016/05/18/mom-starts-community-to-bring-people-affected-by-microtia-together/
and
http://www.fox28.com/story/31953110/2016/05/11/sophias-story-learning-more-about-hearing-loss-prevention-month
For more information on the Ear Community Organization, click here.
Thank you,
Melissa Tumblin
Founder and Executive Director
Ear Community
and
Ear Community Board Members
www.EarCommunity.org
Sophia Shemanski promoting public awareness about Microtia and Atresia for Better Hearing and Speech month this May.
On Wednesday, May 11th, 2016, Melissa and Sophia Shemanski, members of the Microtia and Atresia Support Group (an online support group run by the Ear Community Organization…a charitable organization that helps individuals born with Microtia and Atresia all over the world), helped promote public awareness and education about Microtia and Atresia and hearing loss. Sophia and her mom, Melissa, wanted to do something special in recognition for Better Hearing and Speech month this May. So, they decided to help educate the state of Indiana about Microtia and Atresia and how a hearing device known as the Baha (bone anchored hearing device) can help someone hear better who has a conductive hearing loss just like Sophia has. Melissa talks about how her family was able to obtain helpful information through the Ear Community Organization which helped inform them about their options for surgery and for hearing loss. Melissa also explains how fortunate her family is to have found the Ear Community Organization because she has been able to connect with others in the same situation as her daughter, Sophia, and learn from other’s experiences.
In the news clip that aired Sophia and Melissa’s story, the mother/daughter advocate team gives thanks to the Ear Community Organization for helping them learn what they know today about Microtia and Atresia and Sophia’s hearing loss. Sophia and Melissa have been members of the Ear Community’s Organizational support group, the “Microtia and Atresia Support Group” for nearly six years now. Melissa and Sophia belong to the Ear Community Organization’s pen pal group and they also enjoy participating in Ear Community’s secret Santa exchange every year where Sophia and her family are given the opportunity to exchange gifts with another family who has a loved one with Microtia and Atresia. Sophia also talks about her lucky Microtia ear, just like Nemo has a lucky fin. Thank you Sophia for showing off your beautiful little ear and for helping so many in the community learn more about Microtia and Atresia!
Here is the link where you can watch Melissa and Sophia’s news story: http://www.fox28.com/story/31953110/2016/05/11/sophias-story-learning-more-about-hearing-loss-prevention-month
and
http://www.myfox47.com/story/31953110/2016/05/11/sophias-story-learning-more-about-hearing-loss-prevention-month
Thank you to Sophia and Melissa Shemanski for helping promote public awareness about Microtia and Atresia and for being thankful for the help they have received through the Ear Community Organization. From this wonderful story about little lucky Microia ears to how a Cochlear Baha can help Sophia hear her best despite being born without an ear canal, thank you Sophia and Melissa for advocating for so many other individuals in the same situation and for promoting awareness during this month!
Thank you!
Melissa Tumblin (Founder and Executive Director of Ear Community)
and
Ear Community board members
www.EarCommunity.org
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