

When Stefan Vardon, 14, wrote a heartwarming school essay about his deaf parents and his blind and autistic 12-year-old brother,
he had no idea that it would lead to the team from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition showing up at his family's Oak Park, Michigan
home. In two back-to-back episodes, the design team transformed the Vardons' ordinary 980-square-foot house into a dream
home outfitted with the latest communications and safety devices for people with hearing loss.




