by Nancy Gregg | | Articles
○ Grades: Early Intervention and Preschool For over a decade, Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE) has educated, supported and empowered families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, children who have speech and language delays and...
by Nancy Gregg | | Testimonials
My story with deafness and cochlear implants begins long before I was even born, with my family’s story of hearing loss and my older siblings, Jessica and Jared. My oldestsister, Jessica, was born with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss, and after a series...
by Nancy Gregg | | Articles
BY INGRID SCHNADER NOVEMBER 25, 2020 1:11 PM The Woolley Institute for Spoken- Language Education (WISE) is a place of hope for deaf children or children with hearing loss. WISE helps prepare students to attend mainstream schools, like those in Homewood and Mountain...
by Nancy Gregg | | Testimonials
Bella Grace Brady was born February 22, 2012. While at the hospital, Bella’s newborn hearing screens were normal. At the age of two, I requested a speech evaluation Bella only because her older brother needed speech therapy and I wanted to make sure that if...
by Nancy Gregg | | Testimonials
My son, David Rees, was fortunate to attend this outstanding program from the summer of 2010 to May of 2013. David loves golf, running, swimming and anything that has wheels! He has become an excellent student. He just completed his kindergarten year at Bear...
by Nancy Gregg | | Testimonials
WISE was the answer to our journey of Listening and Spoken Language (LSL). Watching Vivi struggle for 2 years (her first 2 years of life) was heartbreaking. Out of the womb, Vivi had a dynamic personality, even with her hearing loss. We knew we wanted her to learn...
by admin | | Testimonials
Our story begins long ago with a dream to bring a child into our family through adoption. In the spring of 2005 we got that incredible call that every adoptive family awaits. We had a girl and she was currently in an orphanage in Fujian, China. We were told all the...
by admin | | Testimonials
Amelia was diagnosed with profound hearing loss at the age of two. She was fitted with hearing aids in each ear and soon after received a cochlear implant in her right ear. She has attended the Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE), formerly known as...
by admin | | Testimonials
My son, Will was diagnosed as profoundly deaf at birth. He received his first implant at 10 months and his second implant at 22 months. We attended AVT weekly and talked at home constantly, but it wasn’t until he attended The Alabama School for Hearing, now known as...
by admin | | Testimonials
Allie was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss as a toddler. She started attending the Alabama School for Hearing, now known as The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE) as part of their very first class. While she was a student there she lost the...
by admin | | Testimonials
When the doctors told me Adrien was deaf, I was afraid he would never hear me say “I love you” and I was afraid he would never speak. Adrien lives with me and his Paw Paw and I was afraid we would not be able to learn sign language. I was afraid Adrien would not be...
by admin | | Testimonials
Abagail was born in March of 2014. She is our third little girl so when she didn’t pass her hearing screen in the hospital, like our other two children, we were quite alarmed. We didn’t know but that second day of her life would begin quite a roller coaster over the...
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