A deaf girl who found her voice after brain surgery
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHSSeven-year-old Leia Armitage lived in total silence for the first two years of her life, but thanks to pioneering brain surgery and years of therapy she has found her voice and can finally tell her parents she loves them. As a result, she was never expected to speak – but despite the risks, her parents fought for her to be one of the first children in the UK to be given an auditory brainstem implant, requiring complex brain surgery when she was two years old. Image copyright
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Leia with her parents, Bob and Alison, and brother Jacob
It started slowly, with Leia turning her head at the sound of train doors closing shortly after the operation.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk