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December 23, 2005
Hearing of joy
A girl of 12 born deaf is enjoying carols for the first time after surgery allowed her to hear. Josie Caven could only pick up simple sounds with hearing aids but now has cochlear implants.
She said: "It is so nice to hear music, especially Christmas carols.
"I think they sound lovely. I ask my friends to stop and listen when we hear them in town.
"Now I can hear I feel so much happier and more confident, it has changed everything for me.
"This is going to be my best Christmas."
Mum Teresa, 37, said: "The implants have made such a dramatic change to Josie's life, I have never seen her so happy.
"Christmas is going to be wonderful this year because she is taking in all these amazing sounds for the first time.
"She loves the carols, she thinks they are beautiful and just sits and listens to them so intently."
Josie, of Birstwith, North Yorks, suffers from wide vestibular aqueduct syndrome.
By Stephen White
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Posted by 4HL on December 23, 2005 9:05 AM
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