The first step

Once we realized the extent of Jeslyn's loss, it made sense that she wasn't saying the things other kids her age were saying (like mama, baba, etc).  Our next step was to get hearing aids on her as soon as possible.  

Again, I have to say that we are so abundantly blessed to be surrounded by such caring, passionate audiologists who were there for us every step of the way.  We were enrolled in Early Steps (a program for children birth to age 3) and received loaner hearing aids within 2 weeks.  Jeslyn instantly loved the hearing aids and we realized just how much she had been missing.  She started saying "baba" and "mama" within a couple of weeks.