(People are) disconnected when they have hearing problems. Just by us going and treating them and touching them, it's helping them emotionally.

It was a request we kept hearing again and again. They see a lot of people with dental problems and have nowhere to refer them.

As one ages, one is more physically limited, not as mobile and has problems seeing and hearing.

She's one of our children I fitted with hearing aids. She's going to be one our poster children; a 2005 poster child,

I keep hearing from principals that we have more students with social and emotional problems. It seems like we've been ignoring this problem and I am persuaded that we need to find a way to fund both these positions, one at each middle school.

All the disconnected people I know are trying to be something they are not, to do something they cannot do