When newborn baby Augie did not pass his first hearing test, his mom, Christin Lang, wasn’t concerned since babies often fail their initial screenings.
She mentioned that she didn’t worry too much about it, as her middle son also didn’t pass his hearing screening the first time.
But after further testing, the doctor gave her unexpected news.
She said that after a few hours, she knew things weren’t going as expected. She received the news that baby Augie had bilateral sensorineural profound hearing loss.
Lang was in shock because she never expected Augie would be deaf. She said, “I cried because in that moment I realized that all of the ‘I love you’s’ that I had whispered in his ear since the moment I met him [were] void. He hadn’t heard any of them.”
The days that followed were very hectic for the family, filled with doctor visits, research, and learning American Sign Language (ASL).
Lang said she never imagined their first year would be so challenging, with numerous doctor visits, specialists, and tests.
When the time came for Augie to try hearing aids, his mother wasn’t hopeful. She had already enrolled him in Happy Hands, a school for deaf children in Tulsa, Oklahoma, dedicated to teaching sign language.
She never believed Augie would ever be able to hear.
But when doctors fitted Augie with hearing aids, Lang got the biggest shock of her life.
“The moment they turned the hearing aids on, he immediately started laughing. It was amazing, and I was crying through it all,” Lang said.
The video shows Augie smiling and giggling when he heard his mother’s voice for the first time. Lang’s dreams had come true.
“You can’t tell in the video, but my face was covered in tears. Tears of joy because once I found out Augie was deaf, I grieved knowing he would probably never hear my voice,” Lang said.
She said it was her greatest desire that one day Augie would be able to hear her voice.
“Those moments are moments I dreamed of and desired and really did not have much hope that I would ever get to experience and share with him. God gave me those moments, and I am so thankful He did.”
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