Community & Giving

May 29, 2024

Mama Lere Hearing School graduation

The Mama Lere Hearing School teaches children, mostly with hearing loss, to listen, read, sing and talk.

The Mama Lere Hearing School Student Celebration was held Wednesday, May 22 at 9 a.m. in Light Hall. MLHS teaches children, mostly with hearing loss, to listen, read, sing and talk. It is part of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, which specializes in ear, nose and throat disease as well as communication disorders such as hearing, speech, language and voice problems. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
Mama Lere Hearing School students lead the Pledge of Allegiance.(photo by Erin O. Smith)
Students perform “ABC You Later” at the Mama Lere Hearing School Student Celebration. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
Brittany Day, AuD, CCC-A, director of Mama Lere Hearing Programs, a young student. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
For the grand finale, students sang “Can You Say Bye?” (photo by Erin O. Smith)
Jason Watkins was one of the speakers at graduation. A Mama Lere alum, Watkins is getting his master’s degree in speech language pathology at Tennessee State University and has received one of the Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences’ specialty track training grants, which allows him to take pediatric hearing loss classes in our graduate program. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

The Mama Lere Hearing School preschool graduation ceremony was held last week in Light Hall.

Teachers and parents listened to student performances and speakers during the event.

The Mama Lere Hearing School teaches children, mostly with hearing loss, to listen, read, sing and talk. It is part of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, which specializes in ear, nose and throat disease as well as communication disorders such as hearing, speech, language and voice problems.