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  • Cochlear Implant
    Deaf daughter can now join in with musical family - By Mum Jo Katie Dening, 3, Cambridge, Nucleus Freedom We are a family of music lovers so when we brought our new baby daughter home from hospital...
  • Cochlear Implant
    0-3 years
    Nine-year-old agony aunt for other deaf children By Mum Carolyn Lily was born premature and given auto toxic medication until she was eight months old, both of which may have caused her deafness,...
  • Cochlear Implant
    0-3 years
    Jamie was born deaf in 2007 with no apparent reason he tried hearing aids but didnt work...after various tests we choses the implant route and he was fitted and switched on in april 2009 and he is...
  • Cochlear Implant
    0-3 years
    Rebecca was born profoundly deaf in November 1990. However, she passed her early hearing tests with flying colours and, as we had no other children with whom to compare Rebecca's progress, it was...
  • Cochlear Implant
    4-8 years
    Miracle boy overcomes meningitis deafness - By Mum Lynda Adam - now nine - is known as the miracle boy among the medical staff who helped him fight a strain of meningitis with a 20% fatality rate....
  • Cochlear Implant
    0-3 years
    Our daughter Ava received her implant in January 2008, at the age of nine months.  She has been switched on for a little over a month. Currently Ava doesn’t use anything in the other ear,...
  • Cochlear Implant
    0-3 years
    Testimonial of Bradley Wilson by his mother Annie Bradley, now 12, was born profoundly deaf due to Waardenberg syndrome. Since he has four older hearing siblings, this came as a complete shock to us...
  • Baha
    19-40 years
    In March 2003, I had another ear infection that over the years had become the bane of my life. This time, however, it was so bad I was laid up for 4 days; I was in so much pain that even touching...