Ear Community is a global charitable The Founder
About the Founder of Ear Community and the Microtia and Atresia Support Group on Facebook Hello Everyone, My name is Melissa Tumblin. I am not a medical doctor nor am I a psychologist, but I am a mother to a child who was born without her right ear who has a hearing loss. I am … [Read More...]
Hearing Loss
This section contains information about mixed hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and conductive hearing loss. You will find helpful resources for hearing loss, information about bone anchored auditory processors … [Read More...]
Can’t Afford a Hearing Device?
Ear Community is proud to partner with Oticon Medical and help individuals with Microtia and Atresia obtain new Ponto Pro bone conduction hearing devices. If you have been denied coverage by your insurance provider or if you can not afford a bone conduction hearing device, please click here … [Read More...]
Microtia & Atresia
What is Microtia / What is Atresia? Microtia is a congenital deformity affecting the outer ear (pinna) where the ear does not fully develop during the first trimester of pregnancy. A Microtia … [Read More...]
Now Available…A Helpful Course for Microtia and Atresia Families and Medical Professionals on Options and Experience
Hello Everyone! On, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, I presented an educational session through AudiologyOnline (sponsored by Oticon Medical) about Microtia and Atresia discussing all options that are currently available along with sharing my own experience with Microtia and Atresia after my youngest daughter was born with Microtia and Atresia of her right ear. This [...]
Ear Community Kicks Off Its 2013 Microtia and Atresia Summer Family Picnics
Hi Everyone! Ear Community is proud to host seven more Microtia and Atresia summer family picnics this summer around the world. Last year’s picnics that Ear Community hosted took place in Canada and in the United States and helped bring almost 1,000 people together. Ear Community’s picnics welcome Microtia and Atresia families and individuals (including [...]
Ear Community and Oticon Medical Help Atlanta Boy Hear Better During the Month for Better Speech and Hearing
Meet Bear. Bear is two years old and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Bear was born with bilateral Microtia and Atresia (born with Grade I Microtia of both ears and has no ear canals resulting in hearing loss). Bear is a very bubbly little boy who enjoys exploring life everyday. Even though Bear would carry on [...]
Ear Community to Present Microtia/Aural Atresia Webinar Through Audiology/Online on April 23rd
AudiologyOnline – Webinar on Microtia and Aural Atresia April 23, 2013 at 11AM Eastern Daylight Time Session name: “Microtia/Aural Atresia: A Parent’s Perspective” Course #22141 Melissa Tumblin, Founder and Executive Director of Ear Community has been invited to host a webinar session through AudiologyOnline discussing Microtia and Aural Atresia that will take place on [...]
