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"Daddy loves you." The moving moment that three-year-old Grayson hears his father's voice for the first time.
Grayson.
Grayson was born deaf, but a successful surgery at the University of North Carolina means
he can now hear. The toddler received an auditory brain stem implant as part of a trial
at the hospital. They were testing to see if the implants could work for children, as
they are already used on adults. Doctors used a type of hearing implant that was placed
directly on his brain stem. Grayson is the first child in the US to receive the brain
implant and will now have several years of therapy to improve his hearing and speech.
Daddy loves you. Daddy loves you.