Last month, three-year-old Annabelle Sonmez, who was born profoundly deaf, joined hundreds of other children whose lives have been transformed by ear implants for a day out at the Legoland theme park in Windsor.
The event marked the tenth anniversary of Great Ormond Street Hospitals cochlear implant programme and was organised by the hospital with support from Cochlear Europe, which provides the programme with the high-tech implants. Annabelle was the 200th child to benefit from the programme.
Dr Kaukab Rajput, consultant audiological physician at Great Ormond Street, is delighted that the hospital was able to organise an event involving so many children whose lives have been transformed. She says, The celebration was a great way for families to get together to share their similar experiences.
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