Hearing-Impaired Teen Bursts Into Tears, Overwhelmed After Hearing Mother’s Voice For First Time.

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For a child, the voice of their mother can calm life’s storms. Children begin hearing their mother’s voices from the time they are in the womb. It is such a precious bond, but not everyone has the same experience.

When Breanna was born doctors told her mother that she had a problem, young Breanna suffered from hearing loss. As she grew older her hearing just got worse and worse. She was never able to hear her mother’s voice to encourage her through hard times, to tell her that she’s beautiful or that she loves her. But then a procedure changed everything.

Breanna and her mom were overwhelmed with tears of joy recently when the young teen received a cochlear implant.

After years of therapy at The Center for Hearing and Speech in Houston, Texas, Breanna was filmed receiving the best gift of her life. She was fitted for a cochlear implant in her left ear.

“Can you hear my voice?”Breanna’s mother asked.

“Yes,†Breanna answered laughing with a huge smile that turned into tears of joy.

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The staff at The Center for Hearing and Speech were just as overwhelmed since 14-year-old Breanna has been a patient with them for a long time.

“Getting to see her hearing sounds better than she ever has before, getting to see that emotion — the happiness — is just so special,”said Kelsey Gross, senior marketing manager at The Center for Hearing and Speech.

Breanna is seeing an audiologist and speech therapist every few weeks for the first three months of having the device turned on. They are hoping her right ear will be a good candidate for a cochlear implant as well.

“She had that emotional reaction because she’s hearing her mom’s voice in a different way than she has before,”Gross said. “It’s a totally different kind of perception that she’s able to experience.â€

“It really puts into perspective what we do here at the center for hearing and speech and our mission — to help children with hearing loss reach their full potential.”

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