Tag Archives: cochlear implants

Deaf and Daring

September 27, 2016

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  Just in case you don’t follow motocross, meet the fastest woman racer in the U.S. Ashley Fiolek … young, fearless, and Deaf since birth. “I don’t think the casual fan appreciates Ashley as much as someone who has ridden a motorcycle,” says Fiolek’s teammate Andrew Short, who finished third in the 2009 AMA Supercross series. […]

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Do You Hear What I Hear?

June 18, 2015

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Baby "hears" for first time

Two Photographs:  Happy families watching their infants “hear” for the first time. The Media loves these stories. So wonderful that these children can now lead ‘normal’ lives and dodge the deafness bullet. A recent personal experience caused me to contemplate Cochlear Implant surgery and the effect it may have on the babies who do not […]

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