Vision

Our vision is to help a child imprisioned by silence win the freedom to participate fully in a hearing world. By investing in a child's ability to hear and communicate with the world using spoken language, society will be paid back many times over by reducing the child's dependence on specialized aid from society.  Providing young children, who's family have chosen spoken language as the child's primary communication, the education and rehabilitative therapy services necessary for them to become spoken language communicators. Give the family access to the best services and support, enabling them to empower thier child to gain self confidence and enhance their social development through the use of spoken language. Our hope is to have the child survive in a society that relies primarily on spoken language to gain an education for secondary education opportunities, foster relationships and succeed professionally.

 Mission

 As a non-profit organization, the mission of The Hearing School of the Southwest is help children who are deaf or hard of hearing optimize thier listening, speech and language and academic skills and thier self-confidence so they can be successful in mainstream educational setting and society using spoken language as their primary commuiction mode.

Background

The Hearing School of the Southwest is the dream of Fred D. Owens, M. D., one of America's leading specialists in the treatment of hearing disabilities.

Dr. Owens has practiced Otology and Neuro-otology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, for more than three decades.

A much-honored leader in his field, as well as a compassionate caregiver and teacher, he has helped hundreds of children and adults with hearing disorders discover the world of hearing for the first time or rediscover it following an illness or injury.

Sharing his passion is Dr. Owens' son Robert, who joined the practice in 1999. Both Owenses trained in Los Angeles at the renowned House Ear Institute. Having organized the Foundation of Otology at Baylor, together they teach quarterly, week-long courses in ear surgery in the temporal bone anatomy laboratory to residents and practicing Otolaryngologists.

Vision

Our vision is to help a child imprisioned by silence win the freedom to participate fully in a hearing world. By investing in a child's ability to hear and communicate with the world using spoken language, society will be paid back many times over by reducing the child's dependence on specialized aid from society.  Providing young children, who's family have chosen spoken language as the child's primary communication, the education and rehabilitative therapy services necessary for them to become spoken language communicators. Give the family access to the best services and support, enabling them to empower thier child to gain self confidence and enhance their social development through the use of spoken language. Our hope is to have the child survive in a society that relies primarily on spoken language to gain an education for secondary education opportunities, foster relationships and succeed professionally.

 Mission

 As a non-profit organization, the mission of The Hearing School of the Southwest is help children who are deaf or hard of hearing optimize thier listening, speech and language and academic skills and thier self-confidence so they can be successful in mainstream educational setting and society using spoken language as their primary commuiction mode.

Background

The Hearing School of the Southwest is the dream of Fred D. Owens, M. D., one of America's leading specialists in the treatment of hearing disabilities.

Dr. Owens has practiced Otology and Neuro-otology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, for more than three decades.

A much-honored leader in his field, as well as a compassionate caregiver and teacher, he has helped hundreds of children and adults with hearing disorders discover the world of hearing for the first time or rediscover it following an illness or injury.

Sharing his passion is Dr. Owens' son Robert, who joined the practice in 1999. Both Owenses trained in Los Angeles at the renowned House Ear Institute. Having organized the Foundation of Otology at Baylor, together they teach quarterly, week-long courses in ear surgery in the temporal bone anatomy laboratory to residents and practicing Otolaryngologists.