VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After a life-altering pair of glasses was stolen from a deaf teenager in Virginia Beach, the community is rallying behind him.
During a trip to Walmart, 15-year-old Maxx Rogers’ backpack was stolen with the $2,000 glasses inside. He said he had only had them for a week.
Maxx’s mother, Katie Beth Steele, said he was born deaf and uses sign language to communicate, which she said can take up a lot of energy.
“There are times when you’re not looking, when your back is to someone, you have to get up and go in front of that person,” said Steele.
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But then, Rogers saw an influencer on social media using a new special pair of glasses made for hearing impaired people and ordered a pair from the company Hearview.
By using his phone, the words people are saying around him are translated and put on the lens of the glasses so he can read them.