The podcast episode of Amplified, hosted by Britton Johnson, features an insightful conversation with Hear Indiana CEO Ellyn McCall, detailing her personal and professional journey driven by the organization's mission to educate the audience on the services and support provided to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in Indiana. McCall explains that her path to leadership was shaped by her son, Seth, who was born a preemie in 2008, confirmed to be profoundly deaf around six weeks old following an auditory brain stem response (ABR) test, and received bilateral cochlear implants at eight months old in early 2009. Recognizing a critical shortage of professionals specializing in listening and spoken language (LSL) to teach children using amplification, McCall shifted her career from general special education, earned a master's degree and Teacher of the Deaf licensure, and began working at Here Indiana (the fifth employee hired), moving through roles such as family and community liaison and clinical director before becoming CEO. Her unique perspective as a parent allowed her to connect with families, assuring them, "I'm never going to ask you to do something that I have not done", and she highlighted two key takeaways from her experience: the importance of maintaining a positive or neutral outlook regarding a child's hearing loss, viewing it as an integral part of them, and the assurance that "it is going to be okay".