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Cochlear implant recipient Blaze and his twin Gunner with mother Stephanie in the UVA NICU at Christmas
With Cochlear Implant Surgery, A Deaf Baby Finds His Voice video post
Kids, Videos 11/27/2019

"You don't know how strong you are until you have to be," reflects Stephanie Nuckols on her baby Blaze's hearing loss and cochlear implants. For Stephanie, learning that Blaze was born without the ability to hear meant she had to make some difficult decisions about his life.

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