This is the beautiful moment a six-month-old baby girl who was born deaf hears her mother say ‘I love you’ for the very first time.
Sydney parents Nell Cowan and Troy Graham were brought to tears as their daughter Goldie gazed in awe.
Appearing on the Today show, the little girl was fitted with cochlear implants at The Shepherd Centre on Thursday after going six months with absolutely no hearing.
This is the beautiful moment six-month-old baby girl Goldie who was born deaf hears her mother say ‘I love you’ for the very first time
And after her hearing aid was switched on, her mother gently said: ‘I love you Goldie… Hello’ as her baby reacted to her voice.
Her father asked: ‘Can you hear? Goldie, can you hear your dad?’ to which she turned around in wonder, reducing her parents to tears.
The doting parents started singing their daughter’s first song ‘twinkle, tinkle, little star’ as her eyes opened wide to the sounds.
‘It was a whole realm of emotions, all wrapped up into one bundle of happiness,’ Ms Cowan said.
Sydney mother Nell Cowan was brought to tears as their daughter Goldie gazed in awe
Nell Cowan and Troy Graham were overjoyed as their baby heard their voice for the first time
‘I’m looking forward to saying “good morning to her tomorrow, that’s for sure”. Lot’s of “I love yous”. We say “I love you” all the time, but different this time, she will hear us.’
For Goldie, she will most likely benefit from wearing hearing aids for her speech and language development early in life.
‘The earlier we can do it, the more likely she will be in line with her hearing peers, speech, language and social development,’ audiologist Emma Coote said.