A Look at the Decisions Hispanic Families Make
After the Diagnosis of Deafness

By Annie Steinberg, M.D., Lisa Bain, M.A., Yuelin Li, Ph.D.,
Louise Montoya, M.A., N.C.C., C.S.C., and Vivian Ruperto, B.A.,
of the Children's Seashore House at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Posted December 2002

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