• Valerie James Abbott on the shocking realization that her two-year-old had hearing loss

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    In this episode of Confetti Park, Katy Hobgood Ray interviews Valerie James Abbott, a mother whose journey with her own daughter’s hearing loss inspired a children’s book called Padapillo. Parents should be aware that hearing loss in young children can go undetected for quite a while. Do you know the signs? “My daughter Bridget passed…

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  • Storytime: Padapillo by Valerie James Abbott

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    In this episode of Confetti Park, we hear the children’s book Padapillo narrated by the author, Valerie James Abbott. Based on the true life events of the author and her family, Padapillo is the story of a family discovering the hearing loss of a child. Told through the eyes of her sister, this is the…

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