Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: One Young Deaf Woman's Education

Kyler Daniels was born in 1988 with a profound bilateral hearing loss. Her deafness went undetected for a year since newborn screening for hearing loss was not yet available. Kyler benefited, however, from the great support of her family and a string of excellent professionals in deaf education, including Ann Darby Getty, the author of this shared, experiential story.

As soon as they realized that their daughter was deaf, Kyler’s parents, who were hearing, immediately began to learn sign la...