Mysore/Mysuru, Aug. 6 -- A speech and hearing impaired youth has achieved on par with others, finding a niche career at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), a premier institute of the Central Government, functioning in the city.

This is the inspiring story of S.C. Sandesh, who is employed as Junior Document Assistant at AIISH. A native of Shanivarasanthe, Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu district, he is currently a resident of Mysuru, living with his wife and three-year-old daughter. He owes his life built on grit and determination to AIISH, which has made a difference to the lives of several others, but in varying degrees.

Sandesh was a one-and-a-half-year-old kid, when his mother Triveni, noticed something amiss in him. Unl...