Thursday 3 March 2011

I am Jacobus De Wildt (JD) Ackermann...Please help me if you can?

I was born on the 22nd  of September 2005, which makes me 5 years old right now. I was a healthy 3.5kg baby with no obvious problems, physically or mentally. They say all the necessary tests were done by the nurses right after my birth, like it is the case with all babies, but somehow they missed that I could not hear anything...?


My parents got very suspicious about my lack of reaction and responses if and when I was near loud noises, voices, etc. They took me for initial testing when I was about 2 years old and the first doctor told my mother that I only required grommets to drain the ears and all should be fine. Obviously my parents were relieved and also relaxed knowing 'nothing' too bad was wrong. 

BUT...When they made an appointment at the hospital for my 'grommet' operation, another specialist looked at me and told my mother after another few tests that I was actually totally deaf in both my ears. This came as an absolute shock sitting there in the waiting room expecting to have everything fixed with a simple little grommet operation...! And so my life as a 'Deaf Kid' started...
The GOOD news was that I had a chance to be normal and this was relayed to my parents immediately after they found out that I was deaf. Through the amazing procedure of a Cochlear implant deaf babies will be able to hear like any normal child, but these operations and especially the equipment are very expensive. This is where I will be VERY grateful if anybody could assist me in affording this operation and ANY kind of help will be appreciated? 

Many thanks...JD Ackermann







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