At birth, the doctors told her mother that baby Azalea couldn't hear because of a plug in her ear, and that it would soon pass. Time passed, but the girl grew up in silence. She could only slightly distinguish sounds in her left ear.
Her mother sounded the alarm and took her daughter to many specialists and examinations until a CT scan of her brain confirmed fourth degree bilateral hearing loss.
With the help of charitable foundations, the girl received hearing aids, which completely changed her life!
She has heard the world! She learned how her mother's voice sounds, how water flows, how a helicopter flies. The quiet and quiet child has turned into an active and inquisitive one! Now she cannot be torn away from cartoons! The silent pictures are talking! Progress in the development of two-year-old Azalea is evident.
But doctors are concerned that the hearing aids are not enough to make her talk. She should be able to speak by the age of three. Then there is a chance that the speech will not differ from that of healthy children, and Azalea will be able to fully explore the world with all of her senses.
This requires a cochlear implant, a device that converts sounds into signals and sends them directly to the brain. The device is implanted in the right ear, which is more damaged.
The cost of the cochlear implant and the surgery is beyond the means of her family because her mother is raising Azalea alone. Her Mom is planning to get citizenship of Russia in the future to treat her daughter for free.
There is no time for that now, since the girl is over 2 years old. The sooner she learns to speak, the sooner she will catch up with her peers.
By the grace of the Most High Azalea can already hear her mother's voice! We can be the reason that her mother will also hear her daughter's voice, such a kind and warm, long-awaited first word - "Mommy".
