Second cochlear implant for Georgia (From Wharfedale Observer)

Second cochlear implant for Georgia

8:00am Tuesday 13th January 2009

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She was born profoundly deaf, but now little Georgia Green can hear clearly, thanks to two cochlear implants.

The happy five-year-old, who goes to Rawdon Littlemoor School, was unable to hear until she had her first implant just after her second birthday.

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.

The difference the implants have made has been described as “nothing short of a miracle” by her delighted mother, Samantha.

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 their daughter, 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 is just unbelievable. She loves the music from Mamma Mia and she sings them just as they sound.”

And Georgia has another reason to be happy as the new year begins. She has been promised a kitten as a reward for wearing the new device.

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