A medical breakthrough is helping a North Texas baby hear again. How surgery helped him become a medical pioneer:
"The ENT that was on call came and spoke with me and told me that if there was going to be any chance for my son to hear or speak, he would have to have surgery and have it fast," Evans said.
Health insurance doesn't cover off-label use of prescription drugs or medical procedures, meaning the costs would come out of pocket.She applied for financial assistance and within the same day of her application, she received a phone call from the foundation."We were so happy to help Maddox on his journey from silence to sound," said foundation president Michelle Tjelmeland, who believes he is the youngest person in the United States to receive cochlear implants.
"The anatomy is different, the younger the child. The tighter it is. It's a very small space and we have to avoid some traps, such as the nerve that moves the face is in the way and there could be bleeding. We are putting an implant in a field that's already infected with the meningitis, so the implant itself could become infected, too," said Cristobal.
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