Maryland mom Janet Moreno wasn’t born deaf like her husband, Daniel, was, but lost her hearing when she was a baby. Nor were their two young boys, Luke and Jason, born lacking their hearing. Yet for both parents, who managed living a life without sound into their 30s, raising fully abled kids presented a whole new world of atypical adventures.
Among other hurdles, the mom from New York state had to “hear” her baby cry using a sonic baby monitor at night that shakes their bed, vibrates her pillow, and flashes; they’ve had to somehow teach their son to say “bye-bye” in spite of their “Deaf accent”; and Janet had a “most embarrassing” run-in with a contractor, with her said accent mispronouncing facet, “fawk-et.”
