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Supporting Children with Hearing loss in Romania. Evelina’s case

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Evelina, a beautiful girl aged 3 and a half, deaf, she became a bilateral CI user in January . Until now she was been wearing cochlear implant on her right ear and she has been attending therapy sessions together with her mother and grandmother at Koala NGO, based in Bucharest. Her parents are both deaf and communicate through sign language, but they wanted their child has access to sound and learn how to speak. Recently, her sister was born and their family routines are changing. One day, she was left unattended for a few moments and she threw her new processor in the toilet and flushed the water. The processor was gone and the family couldn’t afford a new one. Both of Evelina’s parents are deaf, the family income is provided only by the father and the family is struggling financially, with low-income. The family lives together with the maternal grandparents who have normal hearing.

Alice Popa, founder and therapist at Koala NGO, reached out to Lehnhardt Stiftung with the hope they might assist in securing second-hand processor for Evelina. Monika Lehnhardt and Liubov Wolowik were very receptive to our request and shortly after getting in contact, they sent a new processor for Evelina, who is now able to hear again with both her ears. It was very important for Evelina to regain access to sound again because she is very recently implanted on her second ear and the period after implant activation is crucial in order to ensure auditive-verbal rehabilitation through adequate auditive stimulation.

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Families from Ukraine Living in Germany

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We are deeply grateful to the Lehnhardt Foundation for being part of our journey! I would like to thank you for facilitating communication between Professor Just and us. We are truly thankful to the doctors and to Professor Just, and I keep believing in the best every day! Gordey understands everything and is very patient. Children can sense more than anyone else when people around them genuinely want to help.
We feel comfortable at KMG Güstrow. We will keep you updated on our story. We are very thankful to you!

With warm regards,
Dina, mother of Gordey, who has left-sided deafness

Dear members of the Lehnhardt Foundation,

I want to say a huge THANK YOU for your help and support! You always show up at just the right time – no need for long explanations, you simply understand and gently solve any issue. My child is always excited to attend speech therapy sessions — and that’s priceless. For families like ours, who fled the war and found themselves in a foreign country with a child with special needs, without knowing the language or the system… your presence means more than words can say.

Kind regards,
Mother of a child with HA and CI

Support for Children with Hearing Impairments in Kenya

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In Kenya, access to resources for children with hearing impairments is limited, and many face challenges with outdated equipment and insufficient educational support. Regular classrooms are often noisy, and there is a significant need for FM systems, therapy, and other accommodations. Our Newborn Hearing Screening Project serves a rural community with a population of over 10 million people, and we currently screen about 1,000 children per week. However, more than 200 children and adults in the region still need hearing assistive devices. Most rely on donations, as their families cannot afford to purchase hearing aids.

My son received a cochlear implant (CI) in 2015 at the age of 3. He is now in Grade 5 at a mainstream school, where his speech and language development is excellent. However, his current processor is outdated, and the model (Nucleus 6) has been phased out, making it difficult to find necessary accessories.

The Lehnhardt Foundation has been instrumental in supporting our efforts with donations of hearing aids, FM systems, and speech processors. This collaboration was formed after the CIICA conference.

The demand continues to exceed available resources. Programs like ours are vital in providing early intervention, and sustained support is essential to help children with hearing loss succeed in school and life. We are deeply grateful for any support to continue providing these life-changing resources to children in need.

Sincerely,
Stephen Kittur, Speech Language Pathologist
Director of Children’s Speech and Hearing Loss Organisation, Kenya

Wir schenken den ukrainischen Kindern Gehör!

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Thanks to the Lehnhardt Foundation and generous donors, seven children from the Volyn region were able to get their “magic ears” tuned. Each child also received a small gift with school supplies. We are sincerely thankful to everyone who contributed!

Iryna Perets
Parent Organization “Snail in the Hand”, Lutsk

I want to say a big thank you for the batteries and other accessories for my cochlear implant.
— Maksym
I received the package. Thank you so much to you and your entire team for the help.
Your work is priceless ❤️
— Iryna, CI user
Thanks to this alarm clock, I can wake up without anyone’s help. It helps me get up for school on time. Thank you so much for this opportunity!
— Nastya, hearing aids user

Support for Families from Ukraine

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On behalf of the NGO “Ya Chuyu z Kokhlear” (I Hear with Cochlear), we sincerely thank you for your meaningful support and compassion for children and adults with hearing loss.

Thanks to your help, 45 children with cochlear implants and 15 children and adults with hearing aids received essential speech processors, spare parts, and hearing devices.

At the end of April, audiologist Denys Lytun will visit, and even more children will be able to have their devices adjusted and receive the components they need.

Your contribution is more than just technical assistance – it is a gateway to communication.

With deep respect and gratitude,
Liudmyla Svoren
Head of NGO “Ya Chuyu z Kokhlear”, Zakarpattia Region

Lehnhardt Stiftung und die Stadt Hungen helfen Flüchtlingen heimisch zu werden

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Seit Anfang 2022 bietet die Lehnhardt Stiftung Beratung für russischsprachige Familien mit hörgeschädigten Kindern an, die nach Deutschland umgesiedelt sind. Besonders erfolgreich gestaltet sich die Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitarbeiterinnen des sozialen Bereichs der Stadt Hungen, Sabine Nickel und Antje Weber. Sie engagieren sich nicht nur für die Betreuung der in Hungen lebenden Flüchtlinge, sondern auch für die Koordination der ehrenamtlichen Helfer, die diese unterstützen. Seit März 2022 haben sie eine Vielzahl ukrainischer Geflüchteter in Privatwohnungen in Hungen aufgenommen und setzen sich dafür ein, diesen Menschen bestmöglich in ihrer aktuellen Situation zu helfen.
Die Lehnhardt Stiftung unterstützt die Familien umfassend, sei es bei Fragen zur medizinischen Behandlung, der Vermittlung von Fachärzten und Kliniken oder bei der Vorbereitung und Durchführung von Operationen und weiteren Fördermöglichkeiten für ihre hörgeschädigten Kinder. Dank dieser gemeinsamen Bemühungen hat Hungen eine große Anzahl hörgeschädigter Kinder und ihrer Familien aufgenommen, die stets auf schnelle und unbürokratische Hilfe zählen können, auch außerhalb der üblichen Geschäftszeiten.

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Great help in a difficult time

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We would like to share with you today the heartfelt words of thanks and touching stories from families who have benefited from the generous support of the Lehnhardt Foundation. These voices not only reflect the profound impact of the Foundation but also testify to the meaningful changes it has brought to people’s lives.

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Wir spenden ukrainischen Kindern Gehör!

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Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene aus der Ukraine haben Ersatzteile für Sprachprozessoren (Kabel, Spulen, Batterien, Akkus, Mikrofonfilter, Trockenboxe und Magneten usw.) und ref. Hörgeräten erhalten. Einige Ersatzteile wurden an diejenigen verschickt, die vorübergehend in Polen leben. Die Lieferung von Deutschland in die Ukraine erfolgte durch eine humanitäre Hilfsorganisation „Oranta-helps e.V.”, Versand und Verteilung dieser Spenden innerhalb des Landes wurde durch Elternorganisation “Schnecke in der Hand” organisiert.
Alle Familien sagen Dankeschön an die Lehnhardt Stiftung, großzügige Spender und die, die Lieferungen ermöglicht haben.

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Stella: one of my life goals

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Dear Monika Lehnhardt, it’s Stella, I’m writing this letter to convey to you my gratitude. I’m really happy to have this chance, this greatest opportunity, honestly I had given up hope by then, but yeah nothing is impossible in this world.

  I went to Gayane for a hearing aid fitting yesterday, here is the photo  ( my mom took it).

 Everything is pretty good, I know all the functions of this model, and I watched a video about how to connect it to my phone, it works great. There are such sayings : “There are no coincidences in this world” and “Nothing happens for no  reason”, many people many relatives think it’s a tragedy I lost my hearing ability, but you know I guess it’s great, I don’t know why, I just feel so, I’m not unhappy about it, of course sometimes it’s uncomfortable, “deafness separate people from people” it’s a fact, but I’m still glad .  I’m also studying sign language. I want to be closer to the world of the deaf, to understand people who have no opportunity to hear, who communicate in sign language, to help them in the future. This is one of my life goals.  So yeah, I’m really thankful, you are a great person, helping people is one of the hardest work, I sincerely wish you all the best that can happen to you

How we can help uprooted families with hearing impaired children

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Publikation in EURO-CIU June 2023

Mothers with children or whole families leave their home country for very different reasons. Some simply because they hope for a better life, some because they are fleeing reprisals or even war. What they all have in common is a more-or-less long phase of feeling foreign in the new country.

A lack of knowledge of the language of the new “home country” makes integration difficult.

Ignorance of the local conditions and the responsible institutions for support have a particularly negative effect when help is required for children with hearing impairments or even children with multiple disabilities.

For a year now we have been seeing more and more such families in Germany, but also in Austria, Poland and Switzerland. They come from Moldova, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and especially from Ukraine.

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