Every morning, Louise and Paul Addison experience something spectacular. Every time they turn on her hearing aid, their four-month-old absolutely deaf daughter squeals with delight,
and they will never tire of seeing her sweet reaction. The couple’s young daughter, Georgina, was diagnosed
with significant deafness in September. During the first six weeks of life, the baby was unable to hear.
Georgina was fitted with hearing aides at six weeks old, allowing her to hear for the first time.
Every morning, Georgina can’t help but squeal with delight when her parents turn on the device and hear
her mother’s voice. The baby begins thrashing her arms up and down while sobbing at the top of her lungs.
‘I’m relieved that I’m not the only one who considers it,’ she remarked. Paul, 32, told LadBible,
‘She is immediately delighted and becomes much happier.’ Georgina’s response is so charming and heartfelt that her parents will always remember those amazing times.
Thus, Paul records Georgina hearing her parents’ voices every morning. ‘When our daughter’s new hearing aids are turned on in the morning,’ he captioned a video that captured Georgina’s response.
At the beginning of the video, Georgina looks at the camera in silence. Louise turns on her hearing aides and says,
‘Okay, so we’ve just turned your hearing on.’ ‘Would you kindly greet each person?’ Georgina answers right away with her own long,
high-pitched ‘hi.’ You can feel her happiness! Georgina’s disability was initially disclosed to Paul and Louise in Harrogate, England, after she failed her newborn hearing test.
An audiologist identified her as very deaf and recommended that she wear a hearing aid. Following the doctor’s advice,
they used the National Health Service to provide Georgina with hearing aids. The baby’s first reaction when mom put them on was pure joy.
Paul continued, ‘It was a relief because we saw right away that they were working well.’ ‘A sincere hope that things could get better.’
Paul gives other parents of deaf children advice on how to communicate openly about their condition and connect with other parents who may be able to help.
Engaging with those kinds of folks is really comforting, he added. The viral video gave Louise and Paul access to the experiences and tales of other families with deaf children.