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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 👂❤️ #Australia’s first simultaneous double #cochlear implant #surgery gave #twins Artie and Jack access to #sound.

Surgeon Rithvik Reddy operated for eight hours on both boys, who were born prematurely with profound #deafness. The #NSW #government committed AUD$20 million to expand cochlear implant funding.

👉 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-double-cochlear-implant-surgery-in-australia-lets-twins-hear-moms-voice-for-the-first-time/

#cochlearimplants #hearing #medicine #breakthrough #health #pediatrics #genetics #family #deaf #shepherdcentre

Unique Double Cochlear Implant Surgery Lets Twins Hear Mom’s Voice for the First Time

"It was incredible and emotional … for them to turn their head to the sound of my voice and see their little eyes widen"

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