Slava Pronin

I am a father of a five-year-old son. When Slava was just a very little boy, he was diagnosed with congenital bilateral sensoneural hearing loss. In our native city of Voronezh, such kids can go only one way: a special boarding school for deaf-mute children. However, we decided to go to Moscow, because we heard that here surgeons can give a deaf child a chance to hear.
In 2006, Slava underwent a very complex surgery: cochlear implantation in his right ear. It means that an electrode system directly stimulating the remaining acoustic nerve fibers was implanted in the inner ear. Thanks to this operation, Slava develops just as well as other kids of his age. He speaks better and better, but he needs to carry a speech processor in a backpack all the time. As all boys, he likes to run and hop, but this load prevents such playing. Besides, he already stoops his shoulders because of wearing this backpack all the time.
Now a new-generation postaural speech processor has been designed. It not only enables a child to move freely but also ensures much better speech and sound recognition. This processor will make Slava just like any child of his age. He is to go to secondary school soon, and this processor will let him go to a normal school. The doctors recommend this appliance. However, it costs a lot: 375,000 roubles ($15,300). We have no such money.
We are grateful to everybody who participates in fundraising for Slavik's processor!

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