Cochlear Implant

Zlata Kuzmina was born with no cochlear nerve in her left ear and only a small nerve on the right. Doctors in Ukraine, where she was born, did not realize she couldn't hear. Eventually, after moving to the U.S., her parents, Diana and Oleh, were referred to MUSC to test her hearing. MUSC ENT surgeon Ted McRackan, M.D., and audiologist Amy Noxon, AuD, determined that Zlata could benefit from a cochlear implant. After surgery Noxon activated the implant to see if Zlata could hear sounds.

[houdini-ngyv]

This is wonderful! This absolutely beautiful little girl has been given what I, and most people, take for granted. I love the look on her face!

[btcrazee]

Those little hands…..”what kind of sorcery is this” and turning to see what is going on. I’m so happy they could help her.

[margarethart]

What a beautiful thing to watch. The therapist is an angel in disguise and the parents are truly amazing.Hope we can follow her progress.💖💖💖

[alfnoakes]

The 'provide assistance early to facilitate normal milestone attainment' thing applies to Mobility Aids too. As a Wheelchair Therapist we encouraged referrals for kids as young as possible so that they could do the whole explore-and-be-independent thing at an appropriate age. It is always frustrating when kids are not referred until the age of 4 or five (ie parent accepts that mobility will be needed for school) because previously the parents had not wanted a wheelchair around due to stigma/ accepting that child actually needs one.

[vjc]

What a wonderful story❣️ Little Zlota (apologies for spelling) is so beautiful - the look on her face when she hears sounds for the first time is absolutely priceless. ❤❤

[stephanledford]

Thank-you for sharing this with us. So much of what pops upon as "suggested" on YouTube is negative and unedifying, this was refreshing and encouraging to see. Best wishes for the little girl and her family.

[jimmyrburns]

Hey, ...How sweet it is. I am partially deaf. I wear 2 hearing aids. I feel for her.

[saenhar]

Her name means 'A Golden Girl' in Ukrainian. Many thanks to the medical professionals for their efforts!

[itsbrilliant-btsv]

Her wonder at something so many of us take for granted. Lovely.

[surendarsampath]

Amazing that kid was gifted by this technology I really want to appreciate the guys who found this

[aucourant]

The look of amazement on her face. Wonderful.

[thomashunter]

That was so cute how she put her hands up to let them know she could hear she was so surprised🎉😅

[carl]

What a beautiful little girl. I love it. She like what I hear that.

[ROBLOXarijolene]

I know ASL from my interpreter Ms. Rose!

[drzavahercegbosnaponosna]

GOD Bless you Zlata, you and your family!

[ROBLOXarijolene]

Dat happened in my life! I was taken to the sound booth and played super Mario when I had to press a button and the computer would animate

[baherumolla]

hi, I am living in Ethiopia my 5 years old son loss hearing both side of ear at the age of 3 he loss confutable as after loss hearing. Peals helping my son if you have a way

[charlottecannon]

My question is they use to use Cochlear cadaver, an actual real Cochlear cadaver for implants, why in the world would you use a massive size device instead of a real Cochlear cadaver that will work great and not require a person to stick a large device on their head and ear? What's going on here, I mean if it's tve onky option that's one thing, but it's not the only option.

[ASLtoMusic]

When I first got hearing aids I wish it was a slow process turning up for me because I was startled when I got hearing aids entering middle school, and for me my reaction was like a child's hearing normal for the first time in over 9 years because I got diagnosed with hearing lose when I was two. I was the second eldest pediatric patients at my client and the elder pediatric patients are considered more adapted, but because I'm also autistic I was a lot less verbal at the time of going into middle school so I was nonverbal for days and had to take as I called back then "ear breaks" every hour multiple times sometimes because I wasn't used to hearing normal now my hearing breaks are maximum of 4-3 times a day but they are longer that also helps in combination with my ironically hyper sensory processing disorder due to my autism, and discovering full music for the first time helped too.

[LisaG]

I wonder what it actually sounds like though, what do they hear. It can’t be the same as normal hearing. Better than none though