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这位暖心妈妈，了不起！

Wang Xinan is offering help to families with disabled children in Changsha, Hunan province.

Wang’s life became challenging soon after her son, nicknamed Chengcheng, was born in 2000. One day, she found her baby boy didn’t appear to respond normally to loud noises. A cup hit the ground next to Chengcheng while he slept. It didn’t wake him. In another incident that occurred during one of his naps, an iron plate fell outside, causing quite a bit of noise. Again, he remained asleep. Wang eventually had a doctor examine Chengcheng further. When he was about one year old, the doctor said he had severe hearing loss.

Wang was crestfallen. She remembers spending days crying and thinking about ending her life. Luckily, she received lots of support from her family. They encouraged her to focus more on educating Chengcheng. Wang decided to let go of her sadness and began teaching her son to read lips when he was just 18 months old. It’s not easy to teach any child to pronounce words, let alone one with hearing loss. But Wang didn’t give up. She bought Chengcheng a hearing aid, and taught him to watch her mouth and let him touch her throat as she spoke. Within two months, Chengcheng could say a few easy words like “baba” and “mama”. Gradually, Chengcheng’s ability to speak and read lips improved, and he was able to attend normal schools as he got older. He received a cochlear(耳蜗的) implant in 2012 when he was in junior high school, and eight years later, he went to a university.

Wang decided to use the skills she learned to help other families with children like her son. In 2003, she launched a free workshop to teach children how to speak and read lips. In 2010, Wang set up a rehabilitation(康复) center. The center has attracted many teachers and is now the largest in the city serving the disabled. So far, 3,000 families have received help, and 1,600 children with various disabilities have attended courses at the center.