Do you still remember this "silent popping egg waffle" snack stall in Changsha, Hunan Province? The stall advocates Yongsheng and Zhan Jingwen and their daughter Zhang Yuhan are all hearing-impaired, and the couple used all their savings to buy cochlear implants for their daughter.
At the beginning of this year, Zhang Yongsheng heard his daughter's call through a hearing aid for the first time. A "Dad" not only made Zhang Yongsheng extremely excited, but also touched many people.
Not long ago, with the help of a cochlear company, Zhang Yongsheng's family of three underwent cochlear implant surgery. Today (22nd), they performed the first start-up and debugging after cochlear implant surgery. Hearing each other's voices, the family happily hugged each other.
"My wife and I can't hear,
But the daughter must hear."
Zhang Yongsheng is a 32-year-old native of Huludao, Liaoning Province, and his wife, Zhan Jingwen, a 30-year-old native of Miluo, Hunan. The two met while working in the same factory and later formed a small family.
Because they are all hearing-impaired, they had undergone genetic testing before giving birth, but unfortunately, their daughter is also hearing impaired.
△ In 2019, Xiao Yuhan, who just turned half a year old.
In order to allow their daughter to receive cochlear implant surgery and rehabilitation treatment as soon as possible, Zhang Yongsheng and his wife have sold toys, popcorn, yogurt fried ice, octopus balls, etc. In July 2021, they took out all their savings and borrowed foreign debts to finally pay for their daughter's cochlear implants and hearing aids. 2-year-old Xiao Yuhan wears a cochlear implant in his left ear and a hearing aid in his right ear.
Someone once asked Zhang Yongsheng, why do you only wear cochlear implants and hearing aids for your daughter when you can't hear in your family. "Cochlear implants are so expensive that my wife and I can't hear them, but our daughter must," Zhang said. ”
Xiao Yuhan heard the voice, but in the eyes of Zhang Yongsheng and his wife, this was only the first step. In order to speak clearly like a normal child, my daughter also needs to undergo long-term speech rehabilitation.
On weekdays, Zhang Yongsheng teaches his daughter to speak through text-to-speech software, but he doesn't know whether his daughter's pronunciation and expression are accurate. To this end, he enrolled his daughter in a language rehabilitation class, hoping that she would reach the level of language development of a normal child as soon as possible.
△ Xiaoyuhan reviews the content of the language rehabilitation class at home
The monthly cost of the language rehabilitation class is more than 4,000 yuan, which is a lot of pressure for Zhang Yongsheng and his wife, who still have foreign debts at home. But the teacher reported that her daughter was making rapid progress, which made Zhang Yongsheng feel that everything was worth it.
Although Mom and Dad can't hear it, the cheerful little Yuhan will still sing to them non-stop. Seeing their daughter babbling and talking non-stop every day, Zhang Yongsheng and his wife were very pleased. Enjoying moments of mutual companionship in a busy life is the greatest happiness for a family.
"Dad, I love you!"
It's the best birthday present
In June 2022, the couple came to Changsha from Miluo and ran a stall business of "silent popping egg waffles" in Sifangping Night Market. Every evening, Zhang Yongsheng would take his wife and daughter, push a small stall cart, and come to the lively night market. Zhang Yongsheng is in charge of production, Zhan Jingwen is in charge of ordering, and Xiao Yuhan is also busy on the side, helping his parents attract business like little adults.
Zhan Jingwen used sign language to compare paintings, "When I first started a business, it was very difficult, especially when I didn't communicate well with customers, and the customers were troublesome, so I got angry and left." ”
While groping and learning, the couple got up early and stayed up late, constantly improving their skills, and their business gradually improved. Although they don't make much money, every time they see their daughter's smiling face, they have the motivation to work hard again.
At the beginning of this year, a self-media blogger recorded the story of Zhang Yongsheng's family with his camera, which touched tens of millions of netizens.
Many customers came to support this silent stall, and many hearing-impaired friends came from out of town to visit them. Some customers have also learned sign language to cheer them on in a way they are familiar with. More and more goodwill is coming to this small family.
January 8 this year is Zhang Yongsheng's 31st birthday, and on this day, he and his wife received hearing aids donated by caring people. After Zhang Yongsheng put on his hearing aids, he heard his daughter's call for the first time: "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!
"Stepping into" the sound world from the silent world, Zhang Yongsheng received the best birthday present. "This is the first time I have clearly heard someone call me Dad, and my daughter's voice is really good! It turns out that being called Dad is such a feeling, very happy and warm, and I am especially grateful to all the people who have helped us!"
The strongest follow-up to the "Silent Stall":
The family said goodbye to the silent world once and for all
After putting on hearing aids, Zhang Yongsheng and his wife have been adapting to the sound world.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2024, Xiao Yuhan's family received an invitation from the director team of the Changsha branch of the main station's "2024 Spring Festival Gala". During the rehearsal, Xiao Yuhan sang a song to her mother. "My good mother, when I get home from work, how hard it is to work all day......" Listening to her daughter's singing, her mother Zhan Jingwen was very excited.
"I want mom and dad to hear it. At the rehearsal scene, Xiao Yuhan made a wish for the Year of the Dragon.
Surprisingly, Xiao Yuhan's wish has really come true!
Some time ago, with the help of a cochlear implant company, Zhang Yongsheng's family came to the Eye and Otolaryngology Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai to successfully complete the cochlear implant surgery.
Xiao Yuhan had a cochlear implant in her right ear, and Zhang Yongsheng and his wife had unilateral cochlear implants respectively.
△ Xiao Yuhan's family took a group photo after completing the cochlear implant surgery
After a month of recuperation, today, Xiao Yuhan's family started and debugged cochlear implants in Changsha.
At the start-up scene, the cochlear implants of Zhang Yongsheng, Zhan Jingwen, and Xiao Yuhan were opened in turn, and the family was looking forward to it and excited.
"Dad, do you hear the sound?" At the debugging site, Zhang Yongsheng's cochlear implant came from his daughter's voice. With Xiao Yuhan's mouth shape, Zhang Yongsheng responded to his daughter: "I heard it." Subsequently, Xiao Yuhan seriously taught his parents to say: apples, bananas......
Compared with hearing aids, cochlear implants are more effective, and then Zhang Yongsheng and his wife will also undergo speech rehabilitation training.
After bidding farewell to the silent world, Zhang Yongsheng said that the first thing to do was to change the name of the stall and change the name of "Silent Pulp Egg Waffle" to "Sound Popping Egg Waffle".
"When our family settles down on our lives, we hope to be able to help other hearing-impaired people in the future so that they can also hear the world. Zhang Yongsheng typed this text on his mobile phone.
Next year, Xiao Yuhan will be 6 years old and will enter primary school. "Yuhan loves to sing, dance, and draw, and we will try our best to cultivate her hobbies and let her shine in the field she likes. For his daughter's growth, Zhang Yongsheng's wish is very simple, "I hope to be able to accompany my daughter to grow up healthily and let her go to school normally like other children." ”
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