Watch as Massachusetts baby hears for first time with cochlear implants
Can you hear it? Do you hear that? You hear dad’s voice. Yeah. What do you think? Yeah, that’s so cool. Can you hear Dad? Can you hear me? Do you hear that? You
A Massachusetts 10-month-old heard for the first time thanks to cochlear implants she received at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Charlie Sinclair, of Hardwick, was diagnosed with Usher syndrome Type 1B, an incurable, rare genetic condition, which left her “profoundly deaf” and facing progressive vision loss as she gets older. Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that can send electrical impulses that the brain interprets as sound, bypassing damaged parts of the ear.“We live in the woods. She loves to sit by the picture window at home and watch the birds,” mom Erin Sinclair said. “Now, she’ll be able to hear them; the chickens, the dogs barking, everything. It is so special.”Charlie’s parents, Erin and Tyler Sinclair, said they didn’t realize she was deaf until she failed her newborn screening at six weeks. Tyler Sinclair also started a chainsaw near Charlie, and she did not react. Charlie’s cochlear implants were surgically placed on Jan. 15 and activated two weeks later — allowing the tot to hear for the first time. “Cochlear implants are one of the most remarkable advancements in hearing technology,” said Dr. Divya Chari, an ear surgeon specializing in pediatric and adult cochlear implantation at UMass Memorial Medical Center. “For children like Charlie who are born profoundly deaf, cochlear implants are nothing short of life-changing.”
A Massachusetts 10-month-old heard for the first time thanks to cochlear implants she received at UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Charlie Sinclair, of Hardwick, was diagnosed with Usher syndrome Type 1B, an incurable, rare genetic condition, which left her “profoundly deaf” and facing progressive vision loss as she gets older.
Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that can send electrical impulses that the brain interprets as sound, bypassing damaged parts of the ear.
“We live in the woods. She loves to sit by the picture window at home and watch the birds,” mom Erin Sinclair said. “Now, she’ll be able to hear them; the chickens, the dogs barking, everything. It is so special.”
Charlie’s parents, Erin and Tyler Sinclair, said they didn’t realize she was deaf until she failed her newborn screening at six weeks. Tyler Sinclair also started a chainsaw near Charlie, and she did not react.
Charlie’s cochlear implants were surgically placed on Jan. 15 and activated two weeks later — allowing the tot to hear for the first time.
“Cochlear implants are one of the most remarkable advancements in hearing technology,” said Dr. Divya Chari, an ear surgeon specializing in pediatric and adult cochlear implantation at UMass Memorial Medical Center. “For children like Charlie who are born profoundly deaf, cochlear implants are nothing short of life-changing.”
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