'She never stopped encouraging me': How Dawn Staley refused to let hearing loss hinder Ayla McDowell

Ayla McDowell relied on lip-reading and physical cues to combat her sensorineural hearing loss, but coach Dawn Staley convinced her to finally take action.
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Published4 h ago (Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:48:13 GMT)
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AuthorCharlotte Gibson