Louise and Paul Addison’s baby daughter was born almost entirely deaf. For the first six weeks of her life, baby Georgina was deprived of hearing the myriad sounds in the brand-new world around her. That was until Georgina was fitted with hearing aids.
The uplifting moment that baby “Gigi” hears sound for the very first time each morning as her hearing aids are turned on was caught on camera by her mother one day. Now, Gigi’s squeals of delight are warming the hearts of millions of netizens around the world.
When the Addisons’ video begins, 4-month-old Gigi lies silently in her crib before her mother says, “Okay, so we’ve just turned your hearing on. Can you say hello to everybody?”
It’s then that the heart-melting magic happens. Gigi grins and squeals a high-pitched greeting of her own. She turns her head from side to side, taking in the many sounds of the room, affording viewers a glimpse at her life-changing hearing aids in the process.
😍When our daughter’s new hearing aids are turned on in the morning 😍#happybaby @NDCS_UK @BDA_Deaf @NHSMillion pic.twitter.com/59GZSMgp5D
— Paul Addison (@addisonjrp) December 5, 2019