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The Centre for Family Initiatives is the educational programming branch at Pine River Institute. CFI@PRI hopes to work with families like to reduce the stigma of talking about mental health. Through our podcasts, we hope to share helpful advice, stories, and strategies for promoting mental wellness.

When her daughters are born deaf, Rosner is stunned. Then she discovers a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern Europe. Traveling back in time, she imagines her silent relatives, who showed surprising creativity in dealing with a world that preferred to ignore them. Rosner shares her journey into the modern world of deafness, and the controversial decisions she and her husband have made about hearing aids, cochlear implants, and sign language.