How one mother cares for her Deaf child

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How one mother cares for her Deaf child

WHEN Shericka Mighty gave birth 12 years ago to a bouncing baby girl her last expectation was that when her baby cried she would not respond to noise-induced efforts to calm her.When her baby would not turn her head to noise or respond to sounds, Mighty was prompted to do a series a tests which eventually confirmed her then worst fears - her last child, Reneque Thomas, was deaf.

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