Patient of the Month
June 2008
The Division of Speech Pathology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center proudly announces Brennan Marie Eve for June’s Patient of the Month. Brennan receives services at our Fairfield location.
Brennan, who has Down Syndrome, began private speech and language treatment at Cincinnati Children’s in September 2000. At age five, she was using only single words, which were rarely understood. Over the years, with the help of private and school speech pathologists, teachers, aides, counselors and family, Brennan has climbed the syntax, grammar, phonology and pragmatic rungs of the communication ladder. Now, she is a 12-year-old young lady who gives speeches at her school with very good intelligibility. She is an excellent reader. She uses story webs to generate original, one-page essays. Her family's vision "to dream big and give her many opportunities to succeed" points the way for all of Brennan's "helpers".
Brennan is happy, busy in numerous sports, successful in school and in life. She was recently named the 2008 Mentally or Physically Challenged Sportsgirl of the Year by the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky's Women's Sports Association. Not only is Brennan special because of all of her improvements, but also because of the lessons in determination and perseverence that she teaches those that work with her.
