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Girl Overcome With Emotion Hearing Parents' Voices For First Time

A little girl was overcome with emotion as she was able to hear her mother and father's voices for the first time in her life. Q'ela Pierce, aged three, immediately put her hand to her head and burst into tears as a cochlear implant was switched on and she could finally hear the sounds of the world. Despite her reaction, the activation did not hurt Q'ela, however - it was simply the shock to hear her parents, Nikitia Vasser, 33, and Quaneef Pierce, 25, saying her name. The tearful moment, captured by Quaneef, marked the end of a long journey for the family, who were told when Q'ela was born that she had failed her newborn screening. After failing another test a few months later and then not responding well to speech and language through hearing aids, Q'ela became a candidate for a cochlear implant in January. Her surgery took place on August 29 in Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, Florida, but it wasn't until October 3, when her incision had fully healed, that her family were able to attend the activation. In the weeks since the activation, Nikitia said her daughter has started to recognize nature sounds, though she is still unable to understand where human speech is coming from.
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Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Date Acquired: 10-15-2019
  • Date Filmed: 10-03-2019
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Footage Type: Cell Phone
  • Rights :  TV & Digital, Commercial, Publishing
Tags:  hearing aid , activation , cochlear implant , sound , voices , orlando , florida

Girl Overcome With Emotion Hearing Parents' Voices For First Time

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