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Breaking the silence on hearing loss: She couldn’t hear at birth, now she speaks English fluently
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Ms Carolyn Koh made it a point to narrate her daily activities to her daughter, Ariel, to help her pick up language after her cochlear implants at 13 months old.
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SINGAPORE – Ariel Chew’s first word was “mama” at 16 months old. That is not unusual, except that she could not hear at birth.
She was three days old when she failed the universal newborn hearing screening test at Mount Alvernia Hospital.
