01 September 2023

•Nazizi and her hubby, Tanaka have two sons

• The mother of 2 shared a lengthy post detailing the challenges they've gone through since discovering their second born has hearing and speech challenges

Veteran Kenyan rapper Nazizi Hirjiin is opening up on the struggles she and her second born son whom she shares with hubby, Tanaka have endured ever since she found out the little boy was deaf.

In a lengthy Instagram post Nazizi went on to share their journey with her son Jazeel Adam and his hearing disability something that the artist couldn't have predicted as the boy was responsive to loud noises.

Sharing a video detailing their several appointments to the hospital and the first time Jaz got to hear after he was fitted with a hearing aid. However, his hearing loss was so bad that the young boy could still not develop speech well.

“They say parents always know... well, I noticed at about 11 months that our precious Jaz was having challenges with his hearing.

Because he could hear loud sounds, it was a bit confusing whether he could hear or not,” Nazizi recounted.

She went on to add that doing a hearing test to confirm if Jaz was really deaf was an uphill task as her light one is quite a light sleeper.

"Doing a hearing test was also a challenge because the baby needs to be asleep to get a proper test done and Jaz is a very light sleeper and we weren't given the right info on how it was possible to help him sleep for the test.

Fast forward to Feb 2023 , we were able to do the test at Nairobi Audiology, where they gave him melatonin to sleep, and we found out that Jaz has profound hearing loss."

"It was a shock as much as we suspected it, but now we were 100 % sure. Later on that month, Jaz was fitted with hearing aids which helped him with environmental sounds, and as much as we saw changes, he still wasn't hearing well enough to develop speech.

We then found out about cochlear implant surgery, and the new challenge was we had a timeline to beat. For C.I. surgery the earlier the better and its recommended before 3 yrs and our Jazy was turning 3 in a few months, not to mention the cost of the surgery.

August 3rd, 2023, Jaz underwent the Cochlear Implant Surgery. The hardest decision we ever made as parents and I can't tell you what an emotional roller coaster it has been.

We are currently home recovering, doing well, and praying for a successful switch on early next month . I'm so proud of my boy he is a warrior who constantly reminds me of the strength we all have within is to fight the biggest challenges.

I thought hard of whether I wanted to share his journey with the world, and it hit me how many parents could be going through the same with no information on how to go through the process.

You are not alone. Stay tuned for updates on @jazeeladam hearing journey and you can follow him for more information as his page will mainly document his hearing and speech progress from now .

Thanks to everyone who made this journey easier on us we appreciate you , Jah blessings. Love and Light," the last of her lengthy and heart tagging post read..