Toddler’s cochlear implants turned on despite lockdown

By 2020-04-23Science & Tech
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Image caption Margarida, who has been deaf since birth, had received her cochlear implants in an earlier operation

A toddler has been able to hear for the first time after a groundbreaking remote switch-on of her cochlear implants.

Audiologists in Southampton activated the devices for 18-month-old Margarida Cibrao-Roque via the internet as they are unable to see patients in person due to Covid-19 measures.

Professor Helen Cullington said the procedure took “technical creativity”.

Margarida’s father said it had “opened a big window” for his daughter.

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