About the Author
Jessica Jordan-Hogan
Author & Teacher of the Deaf
Jessica Jordan-Hogan is a Teacher of the Deaf with training from the University of Southern Mississippi and the Johns Hopkins Listening Center. Her years in the classroom showed her something powerful — and missing: children with hearing devices had no characters who looked like them.
That gap inspired Billie BAHA and her Super HEARo Friends, a children's book series where every hearing device, cochlear implant, and invisible disability is celebrated as a superpower. Published through J&L Publishing via IngramSpark, the series is available in English and Spanish with over 1,000 copies sold worldwide.
The Mission
Every child deserves to see themselves represented in the books they read. Billie BAHA was created so children with BAHAs, cochlear implants, hearing aids, and invisible disabilities like ADHD, anxiety, dyslexia, and physical disabilities can finally find characters who look like them, sound like them, and celebrate who they are.
The series serves children ages 3–8, along with their parents, teachers, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists. Every story carries the message: every difference is a superpower.
Background & Training
- ✓Teacher of the Deaf — certified educator specializing in deaf and hard-of-hearing students
- ✓University of Southern Mississippi — graduate education program
- ✓Johns Hopkins Listening Center — specialized training in auditory-verbal approaches
- ✓J&L Publishing — independent publisher distributing through IngramSpark to 40,000+ retailers worldwide
- ✓Featured by Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech