REPORTER
>> YOU SEE THE BENEFITS RIGHT
AWAY.
IF I SAY HEY FLETCHER.
THAT'S AWESOME.
>> HE CAN HEAR U
REPORTER: IT'S SOMETHING MOST
PARENTS PROBABLY TAKE FOR
GRANTED.
BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THEIR
CHILD.
FOR ANGIE AND AARON BEARD, THAT
WASN'T ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
>> FLETCHER WAS BORN WITHOUT THE
STEREOCILIA, THE LITTLE HAIR
THAT PICK UP SOUND VIBRATIONS.
REPORTER: MAKING HIM PROFOUNDLY
DEAF.
THAT WAS NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO.
THE BEARDS WERE REFERRED TO BOYS
TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL,
WHERE FLETCHER RECEIVED TWO
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS.
>> THE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS ARE
DEVICES THAT STICK ON THE
OUTSIDE OF HIS HEAD AND ARE
MAGNATIZED TO A DEVICE THAT'S
INSIDE HIS HEAD THAT ALLOW H
TO HEAR.
REPORTER: ALMOST AS WELL AS
ANYONE ELSE.
NOW STARTING TO FORM SENTENCES.
>> I WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL.
>> YOU WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL?
YOU WANT TO HIT OR YOU WANT TO
THROW?
>> THROW.
REPORTER: GROWING UP JUST LIKE
ANY OTHER LITTLE BOY.
ON THIS AFTERNOON, PLAYING BALL
IN THE BACKYARD.
THE BEARDS CREDIT BOYS TOWN AND
ITS CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD
DEAFNESS.
NOT ONLY WITH HELPING THEIR SO
BUT FOR GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
>> THE DAY THAT WE WERE
DIAGNOSED WE NEEDED THEM AND
THEY'VE BEEN PART OF OUR FAMILY
SINCE THAT DAY.
REPORTER: JAMES WILCOX KETV
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