Cochlear implant for Georgia
She was born profoundly deaf, but now Georgia Green can hear clearly, thanks to two cochlear implants.
The five-year-old, from Rawdon in Leeds, was unable to hear until she had her first implant just after her second birthday at the Bradford Royal Infirmary-based Cochlear Implant Service. And now she is getting used to hearing even more clearly after her second implant was switched on – and she loves singing the songs from the Mamma Mia film.
Her delighted mother Samantha, who is a keep supporter of the Listening for Life Appeal, describes the bilateral implants as being “nothing short of a miracle”.
She and her husband, Kevin, were shattered when they were first given the diagnosis and they searched the internet looking for help and advice. The couple had been prepared to travel the world to help Georgia achieve her full potential, but they were surprised to discover that the answer was much closer to home, and available on the NHS, at the Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Centre in Bradford.
Samantha said: “It is really exciting. She sings songs and it's just unbelievable. She loves the music from Mamma Mia and sings them just as they sound.”
And Georgia has another reason to be happy as the new year begins. She's been promised a kitten as a reward for wearing the new device.
As seen in the Wharfedale & Airedale Observer
Comments
aw a kitten! :D always good! :D i had mine done at BRI hospital and the YCIS too! i hope she comes on leaps and bounds with it!! :D i LOVE mamma mia myself!! :) x
Posted by: laura Jakubowski | January 15, 2009 12:39 AM
WOW THAT IS REALLY COOL THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR HEARING BACK.!!
BUT DON'T LET THIS TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THE DEAF CULTURE!!
Posted by: Agueda Hernandez | March 12, 2009 10:06 AM