TINY Paige Evans could be one of the youngest patients to have a pioneering operation to repair her hearing.
The six-month-old from Hartlepool was born profoundly deaf after her mother Bethany Tait contracted group B streptococcus, a bacteria which causes severe infections in newborns. At just two weeks old, little Paige endured further suffering when she was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with meningitis, linked to the ‘group B strep’.After Paige overcame the killer brain bug, her parents were dealt a further blow when she failed to respond to hearing tests and it was confirmed that she is profoundly deaf. But there is hope for little Paige as medics plan to give her a cochlear implant – and she will be one of the youngest people in the country ever to undergo the revolutionary treatment. But first, her parents, Bethany, and Paul Evans, 28, face an anxious wait to see if she is suitable for the surgery.
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