Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Cory Steelsmith, 11, plays a video game while waiting for his therapist at Henderson Speech Hearing and Language Center on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Cory has had three open heart surgeries, and during the first he suffered brain damage that affected his speech, motor skills and socialization. Henderson Speech, Hearing and Language Center's Elissa Mandel, a speech-language pathologist, is seeing Cory pro bono.

Leila Navidi

Cory Steelsmith, 11, plays a video game while waiting for his therapist at Henderson Speech Hearing and Language Center on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Cory has had three open heart surgeries, and during the first he suffered brain damage that affected his speech, motor skills and socialization. Henderson Speech, Hearing and Language Center's Elissa Mandel, a speech-language pathologist, is seeing Cory pro bono.