Director
JOSH ARONSON

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Producer
ROGER WEISBERG

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Editor
ANN COLLINS

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Original Music
Composed, Arranged, and Produced by
MARK SUOZZO

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Coordinating Producers
JACKIE ROTH
JULIE SACKS

Production Manager
DEBORAH CLANCY

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Camera
BRIAN DANITZ
KENNY GRONNINGSATER
MEAD HUNT
GORDY WATERMAN
BRETT WILEY

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Sound
JOSE AVILES
DANIEL BROOKS
BRIAN BUCKLEY
FRANCISCO LATORRE
JOHN MURPHY
ROBERT REED
JUAN RODRIGUEZ
DEAN SARJEANT

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Production Assistants
STACEY BARNETT
ALICE BERTONI
MARY CONNER
BILL D'AGOSTINO

Production Interns
PATRICK BOYTON
JAMES DEAN
TED GESING
LAUREN HARDER
PAULA KLING
BARBARA KOPELOFF
ROSS TROYAN
CHEN-HSI WONG

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Production Associate
JESSICA EISBEIN

Assistant Editor
ALJERNON TUNSIL

2nd Assistant Editor
SHASHWATI TALUKDAR

Additonal Editing
SHARON SACHS

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On-Line Editor
JON FORDHAM

Sound Editors
DANNY CACCAVO
DOW McKEEVER
MARSHA MOORE

Post Production Sound Mixed by
DAVID JAUNAI
DOW McKEEVER

Title Design by
CHARLIE LEVI

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Interpreters
NANCY ANGERMAIER
LISA DeMARCO
SHIRLEY PENCE GAMBER
ROSALIND HITCHMAN
JO ANN KRANIS
BARBARA LANMAN
MARY GRACE LIPSKI
RICHARD RUBIN
MARA ZUCKERMAN

Voice Over Casting
LIZ LEWIS

Casting Assistant
ELIZABETH BUNNELL

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Voice Over Performers
JAMIE LEIGH ALLEN
JEMMA BRAHAM
FREEDA CAT
SCOTT DAVIDSON
RUTHANNE GEREGHTY
JOHN GRIFFIN
BARBARA HEREL
DAVID JACOBS
KARL KATZ
JOHN KAUFMAN
ANN LENANE
PHILLIP NAMANWORTH
VERONICA NASH
SAUL NATHAN-KAZIS
ALLISON WEISBERG
LIZA WEISBERG

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Executive in Charge of Production for Thirteen/WNET
STEPHEN SEGALLER

Special Thanks
SUSAN CHEFFO
JUDY HARRISON
AARON MENDELSOHN

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FUNDING PROVIDED BY
Charlpeg Foundation, Inc.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Deafness Research Foundation
Ira W. DeCamp Foundation
Herman Goldman Foundation
Kapoor Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Keinath, Jr.

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Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Robert and Dale Rosen Charitable Foundation
Jonas Salk Foundation
Silverweed Foundation, Inc.
Soros Documentary Fund of the Open Society Institute
Spunk Fund, Inc.
Ms. Julie Talen

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Executive Producer
JOSH ARONSON

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By January, 2000, over 18,000 children in the US received cochlear implants. The National Association of the Deaf decided to re-evaluate its position on cohclear implants for young children.

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A Production of Aronson Film Associates and
Public Policy Productions
in association with
Thirteen/WNET and Channel 4

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© 2000 ARONSON FILM ASSOCIATES, INC.
& PUBLIC POLICY PRODUCTIONS, INC.




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