The Hearing Loss Experience Journal was made possible by contributions from the Bass Foundation and from the Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Psychiatry. Dr. David DeMaso, Editor, and Carrie Morris, former Project Coordinator, created the Hearing Loss Experience Journal for families facing child and adolescent Hearing Loss.

We would like to thank the following indviduals for their oral and video contributions to this project: Joseph Gonzalez Heydrich, MD, Paola Rodriguez, MS, Dr. Terrell Clark, Dr. Betsy Kammerer, Dr. Marilyn Neault.

We are also indebted to the following individuals for their valuable editing input: Micki Appleby, Mandy Bass, Mark Campbell, Stacey Culver, Sarah Thomas, MHA, Sneha Rao, RN, Jake Hirshberg, Michelle Jefferson, Meghan Meyerson, Abegail Moore, Natasha Sokol. The video clips were produced and edited by Dixon Yun, formerly of Boston Children’s Hospital Media Communications.

Finally, and most importantly, we extend enormous gratitude to all of the families who generously provided their stories for the Hearing Loss Experience Journal.