Cork tot shows first signs of being able to hear after ‘bionic’ implant op

Experts at an American clinic have confirmed that a three-year-old boy has shown the first signs of being able to hear since undergoing a pioneering bionic ear implant.

Cork tot shows first signs of being able to hear after ‘bionic’ implant op

Speech and language therapists at the world-renowned John Tracy Clinic in California have given little Calum Geary intensive post-operative treatment for the last month and with great success.

Electronic implants were inserted in Calum’s brain and then attached to a box in his ear designed to pick up sounds. He was the first Irish child to undergo the operation which took place at Manchester University Hospital in May.

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