Baby Aida reacts to hearing her parents' voices for the first time

One month after 7-month-old Aida Little was born, her parents realized she couldn't hear. Experts at Mayo Clinic diagnosed Aida with a condition called Waardenburg syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes deafness and pigment changes of the hair, eyes and skin. In October, a surgical team at Mayo placed cochlear implants into Aida's head with the hopes that the devices would wake up her ears. Today, Aida hears her parent's voices for the first time. More health and medical news on the Mayo Clinic News Network. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ Journalists: Clean and nat sound versions of this pkg available for download at newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ Register (free) at newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/request-account/

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