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CBS Evening News' Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook visits with Grayson Clamp at UNC Health Care.
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CBS Evening News’ Chief
Medical Correspondent
Dr. Jonathan LaPook
visits with Grayson Clamp at
UNC Health Care
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Grayson Clamp is one of the first children in the United States to receive an Auditory Brainstem Implant as part of an FDA-approved investigational device trial.
In June 2013, Graysonheard his father’s voice
for the first time.
The world cheered him on.
The auditory brain stem implant was a delicate surgery that required the work of a Head & Neck surgeon and a Neurosurgeon.
Grayson had two of UNC’s best –Drs. Craig Buchman and Matthew Ewend.
CBS Evening News checks in on Grayson six months after receiving the device.
Grayson’s mom, Nicole
Clamp, sits with him in a hearing
booth as he listens for tone
at different frequencies.
Holly Teagle, audiologist
and program director for the
Carolina Children’s Communicative
Disorders Program, says frequency
range is important for detecting and
understanding speech.
CBS Evening News’ Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. LaPook watches Grayson’s progress.
Dr. Buchman sits down with Dr. LaPook to discuss the road ahead for Grayson.
Grayson returns to Chapel Hill about twice a month for therapy and once every three months for device checks and hearing tests.
Nicole Clamp and Dina King, a cued speech transliterator, watch as audiologist Jennifer Woodard works with Grayson.
During this visit, the speech processoris programmed to ensure that the implanted part of the device works properly.
Nicole Clamp describes how Grayson’s surgery has changed his life.
It’s playtime for Grayson and Dr. LaPook.
Grayson is beginningto understand that
sound is meaningful. He is pairing sound
with visual informationand using it for
communication.
He is also beginning to understand phrases
and words.
Images by Stephanie MahinPost Production by Max Englund
Watch the CBS News story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57609023/little-grayson-makes-progress-with-auditory-implant/
See the original story of Grayson Clamp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhC_By9GMv0
Grayson is a master at saying, “bye-bye.”
You can help “Give the gift of hearing”
http://givethegiftofhearing.kintera.org