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Girl Hears Sounds for the First Time
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5-Year-Old Girl Hears for the First Time

Tuesday was a remarkable day for the Scholl family — their 5-year-old daughter, Jayde, heard sound for the very first time!
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Tuesday was a remarkable day for the Scholl family — their 5-year-old daughter, Jayde, heard sound for the very first time! Jade underwent surgery to have a cochlear implant attached directly to her auditory nerve, where it is now picking up sound waves her ears can't.

As The Huffington Post reports, Jayde was born deaf and was abandoned as a baby in China. Serendipitously, her adoptive mother, Jackie Scholl, is a doctor of audiology, but no one knew that Jayde was deaf when she was adopted.

Jayde's joyful reaction to hearing her mom's voice for the first time is captured in this video; watch it and enjoy!

Source: Huffington Post via KOTV.com
Marvel Creates Hearing-Impaired Superhero for Little Boy
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5 Year-Old Boy Inspires New Superhero

When 5-year-old Anthony Smith told his mom, Christina D'Allesandro, that he wouldn't wear his new blue hearing aid because superheros don't wear them, she was fit to be tied.
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When 5-year-old Anthony Smith told his mom, Christina D'Allesandro, that he wouldn't wear his new blue hearing aid because superheros don't wear them, she was fit to be tied. But this resourceful New Hampshire mom didn't give up; she simply asked the folks at Marvel Comics if there was such a thing as a hearing-impaired superhero.

Their response to her email was inspiring.

Keep reading.

Illegal to Implant an Embryo with a Genetic Abnormality?
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Illegal to Implant an Embryo with a Genetic Abnormality?

While many parents pine for a child of a particular sex, with emerald eyes or mathematical abilities, others prefer offspring like themselves — those that are not the conventional idea of perfection.
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While many parents pine for a child of a particular sex, with emerald eyes or mathematical abilities, others prefer offspring like themselves — those that are not the conventional idea of perfection.

According to a BBC article, a hearing impaired British couple are parents to one deaf child and would like another. Due to the mother's age, they will have to rely on in-vitro fertilization and would prefer a deaf embryo.

The story said:

The couple have become icons in a deaf movement which sees this impairment not as a disability but as the key to a rich culture which has its own language, history and traditions: a world deaf parents would naturally want to share with any offspring.

Moreover, they argue that to prefer a hearing embryo over a deaf one is tantamount to discrimination.

Only if passed,The Human Embryology and Fertilisation Bill would prevent the family from having that choice. To read what the law says, read more