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The Bike 4 Fun Event

In support of the amazing work that CCHAT is doing with children with hearing loss, CCHAT will be hosting their annual BIKE 4 FUN event on Thursday, October 16.

This annual fundraising event is a true community celebration with attendance and participation from local first responders, city leaders, TV personalities and neighborhood organization.

All donations help to ensure the sustainability of CCHAT’s life-changing program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing with listening and spoken language skills.

James will be there, helmet on and ready to ride with his friends. Help us support our favorite CCHAT rider on his amazing journey this year!

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Why give?

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Cochlear implants can give a child access to sound, but only a speech-language therapist can help train a child’s brain to understand how to hear the electrical impulses as sound. Kids who attend CCHAT receive daily speech therapy.
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Children attending CCHAT receive intensive academic instruction, daily speech therapy and audiological support from preschool to third grade. All academics are designed to train them to understand and express audible.
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CCHAT provide newborn hearing screenings for babies born in the region, mainstream support to children in local school districts, and parent education and resources.
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The CCHAT staff is an impressive compilation of specialists trained in early education, hearing technology, audiology and speech language therapy. There is no other resource in the area that offers such a comprehensive approach to empower children who are deaf and hard of hearing with hearing and spoken language skills.
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CCHAT’s specialized services are provided at no cost to families, due to the generous nature of community partners. Any donation to CCHAT is vital to sustaining the program.
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CCHAT works with children from over 30 school districts, including Twin Rivers, San Juan, Folsom, Elk Grove, Natomas, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo.

cchat changes lives

When James lost his hearing unexpectedly around the age of 4-5, we weren’t sure what life would look like for him. Hearing aids were ineffective, and cochlear implants were his only option. We knew that the implant technology would only go so far, and he would need extensive training to learn how to hear again. He was also significantly behind socially, emotionally and academically as a result of years of struggling to hear.

CCHAT was introduced to us, and it was the solution James needed. Not only was he able to work with a group of highly specialized teachers to train his brain to hear electrically, but he was given instruction and training to develop the skills needed to make friends, communicate his needs, and catch up academically.

August 2024

James began first grade at CCHAT with one cochlear implant and one hearing aid. He had been deaf for over a year, and only communicated using ASL. His many evaluations showed him to have the communication skills of a toddler. His amazing teacher and speech therapist worked tirelessly with him every day as he struggled to acclimate to his “new ear”.

December 2024

James received his second cochlear implant and celebrated having his first “robot ear” for 6 months. His hearing tests showed that he was able to access sound within a conversational range on his right ear. His progress at school was slow, and our hope was that the second implant would give him the boost he needed to made strides in hearing.

March 2025

With his second cochlear implant turned on in January and the entire CCHAT team working hard with him, James’s progress takes off. Functional technology + a team of experts helping his brain decode electronic messages = leaps and bounds of growth and development!

Watch CCHAT Make a Difference in James’s Life…

September 2025

James is now in second grade, and won’t stop talking. He is working on expanding his vocabulary to identify anything and everything he comes across. He has friends at school, he can have conversations about what he is thinking, and he loves his robot ears and his school.

June 2025

James completes his first year at CCHAT, and we are in awe of his progress. He was able to catch up to a first-grade academic level, is speaking in full sentences, had achieved “Normal” sound access in both ears, and was

Make a donation.

CCHAT’s unique, comprehensive program is life-changing for children with hearing technology. Giving children the opporunity to learning to master their listening and spoken language skills in a community that serves their very specific needs makes all the difference.

Please join us in supporting James’s hearing journey at CCHAT!