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Why our little Scarlett is a world's first
(Daily Express 06/10/2009)
As Scarlett Singleton presses buttons on her favourite toy she giggles in response to the animal noises it makes. It may seem unremarkable behaviour for a two-year-old but until recently Scarlett couldn't hear anything. She was found to be profoundly deaf in both ears at the age of 15 months. Her hearing was restored in August when she became the first person in the world to be fitted with a new, thinner-than-ever cochlear implant.
Deaf fiancée says no to ear implants
(The Scotsman 30/05/2009)
THE deaf fiancée of an Edinburgh man who had revolutionary hearing treatment has refused a similar procedure. The Evening News revealed last year how 30-year-old Mark Ramsay had cochlear implants, allowing him to hear for the first time in his life. He revealed at the time his fiancée Charlotte Redden was also due to have them this summer, meaning they could verbally exchange their wedding vows. But Mr Ramsay, from Gorgie, said she had now decided against the treatment.
Miracle baby girl to hear for the first time after revolutionary double ear implant
(Daily Mail 24/11/2008)
An 11-month-old baby girl has been given the opportunity to hear the sounds of Christmas for the first time, after becoming one of the youngest recipients of internal ear (cochlear) implants in a revolutionary operation.
Revolutionary operation could let deaf man, 29, hear for first time
(The Scotsman 12/11/2008)
HE has been completely deaf since birth, but a Dalry man is preparing for an operation which could let him hear for the first time. Mark Ramsay, 29, will undergo the revolutionary treatment in one of his ears this week at a hospital in Ayrshire. He came through a lengthy testing process which found he had sufficient nerves in his ear to go ahead with the cochlear implants treatment.
Mother outraged after NHS only agrees to fix hearing in one ear of her deaf daughter
(Daily Mail 07/08/2008)
An angry mother and local GP has accused health managers of operating a postcode lottery because they will fund only one cochlear implant for her profoundly deaf child.
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