Evan is ready to take on high school!

Evan Carter was born with severe to profound hearing loss and the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center has always been a part of his life. As a baby, Evan received Easterseals audiology services, hearing aids, and speech therapy—all essential first steps in learning to communicate.

After a cochlear implant at 18 months of age, Evan needed help to make sense of the new sounds he was hearing. The solution was long term, highly specialized speech-language therapy with Easterseals. By age 2, Evan was talking!

Evan attended the inclusive Easterseals Early Learning Center until he was 4, reaching developmental milestones and getting ready for kindergarten. Evan thrived throughout elementary school and “graduated” from Easterseals speech-language therapy just before his 11th birthday.

Evan is now 13 years old and a freshman at Evansville’s Bosse High School, where the communication skills he learned from Easterseals are helping him succeed. He’s doing great academically and socially and loves playing sports, especially basketball.

Evan's Easterseals story is truly unique, because it's a family affair! Not only has Evan received services from Easterseals since he was a baby, but his mom Diamond saw the same speech therapist when she was a child learning to speak. Now Evan's little brother Grayson sees that same therapist, too, and Evan proudly accompanies him to his weekly appointments!