Sirvard MelkonyanSirvard Melkonyan

sirvard Melkonyan Narrated by Armineh Gevorgyan, Sirvard´s Mom

Hello, my name is Armineh Gevorgyan, I am Sirvard Melkonyan’s Mom. We live in Echmiadzin, Armenia.
Sirvard was born on the 13th of April, 2002. When she was 7 months old we noticed that she did not react to noises at all. It was a real shock for our family and we suffered a lot because of the fact that she could be totally deaf. We took her to Erebouni Medical Center and after a long examination we were given the diagnosis, 4th grade sensorineural hearing loss.
There was a solution for our little lovely daughter to overcome her hearing impairment, but unfortunately a very expensive one, a Cochlear Implantation.

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Sergey HarutyunyanSergey Harutyunyan

Narrated by Vadruhi Hovsepyan, Sergey´s mother

Sergey HarutyunyanHello, I am Varduhi Hovsepyan, Sergey Harutyunyan’s mother.
Sergey was born quite healthy, but the basic vaccinations were done not at the right time. Before receiving the last diphtheria vaccine the child had flue, but the doctor did not pay attention and did the vaccination. As a result Sergey’s condition got worse after that. He recovered, but his immune system was very weak and he got permanently ill with flue, which was followed by having a cough.
When he was nine months old he had hard flue and was terribly coughing. He was injected with antibiotic gentamicin, but the dosage was too high for him and as a side effect he suffered from sensorineural hearing loss until it reached 4th grade.
Finally, at the age of five he was cochlear implanted as the only solution to regain hearing. We would have done the implantation much earlier, but the problem, of course, was the financing. Only at this age we managed to find a donor with the help of Erebouni Medical Center in Yerevan, Armenia.

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Liza TeqnejyanLiza Teqnejyan

Narrated by Vadruhi, Liza´s Mom

Liza TeqnejyanHello, my name is Varduhi, I am Liza’s Mom. We live in Nor Hachn Town in Armenia. I am quite excited to write Liza’s story as we met many obstacles on our way to huge success.
Liza is my second child, she has an elder brother who is normally hearing. When Liza was an one year old child we noticed that she didn’t react to noises at all. We took her to Arabkir Paediatric Medical Center where she was diagnosed 4th grade of sensorineural hearing loss. It was a real shock to our family. At that moment we were ready to do everything for our baby girl. We were advised to go to Erebouni Medical Center where we found out about Cochlear implantations. When we were told about the huge amount of money needed for her salvation, first thing that came to our mind was to sell our nice apartment in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, and pay for the Cochlear implantation. We decided not to wait for years until we find a donor for Liza as we were clearly explained about the risks and that her chances of learning to hear and speak could be lost during the time.

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Heghine OhanyanHeghine Ohanyan

Narrated by Heghine Ohanyan

Heghine Ohanyan Hello, my name is Heghine Ohanyan. I was born on the 13th of April in 2004 in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. I had a serious problem, because I was diagnosed 4th grade sensorineural deafness.

I was implanted at the age of 4 in Krasnoyarsk. After the surgery my Mom left me and my Dad. My father took me to Armenia to live with my Granny, whose name, by the way, is also Heghine Ohanyan. Now we live in the town of Vanadzor, in Armenia. I consider her to be my real Mom. She made every effort to give me all the very best in this world. Today, I should thank only her to become a normally hearing child. But I also can’t forget Inessa Harutyunyan, my speech therapist, who taught me to pronounce letters, words, then sentences.

With the help of my Cochlear implant I was able to hear and live as a normal child. I went to the kindergarden. After that I went to a mainstream school. I learn well, get good marks. I love reading and even got several honorary diplomas for great reading at school. In addition to the school I also attend painting lessons which I really enjoy.

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Edgar NersisyanEdgar Nersisyan

Narrated by Edgar Nersisyan

Edgar Nersisyan Hello, I am Edgar Nersisyan from Gyumri, Armenia. I was born on 27.08.1975. I am a musician. A tragedy happened to me when I started to gradually lose the ability of hearing. When I was 32 years old I became completely deaf. For  a man, who worked as a musician and maintained his family it was a real disaster. I started to look for help. In Erebouni Medical Centre, in Yerevan, Armenia, I was diagnosed 4th grade of sensorineural hearing loss. The only salvation for me and for other people with the same diagnosis is Cochlear implantation which costs a lot of money. Because of  lack of finances I had to wait for a whole year until I found a donor for my cochlear implantation. At the age of 33, in 2008  I got an implant with Freedom speech processor.  It helped me a lot to get back to life, to hear the sounds of lovely music again.

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Artyom VardanyanArtyom Vardanyan

Artyom VardanyanNarrated by Marineh Vardanyan, Artyom´s Mom

Hello, my name is Marineh Vardanyan, I am Artyom’s Mom. I live with my family in the town Artashat, in Armenia. My son was born on the 22nd of January, in 2002. At that time there was no hearing screening for newborns, and this was the reason we did not know about Artyom being deaf right after his birth. When he was one and a half years old I noticed that my son was not reacting to noises at all. Immediately we took him to Arabkir paediatric hospital in Yerevan to be examined. Artyom was diagnosed 4th grade sensorineural hearing loss.

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Armine KocharyanArmine Kocharyan

Armineh KocharyanNarrated by Armine Kocharyan
Hello! My name is Armine  Kocharyan from Yerevan, Armenia. I was born in 1986. At the age of three I got hard flue and it was fatal to my life, because it left me with a serious illness called 4th grade sensorineural deafness. The only salvation was a Cochlear implantation, but because of  lack of financial resources I was only Cochlear-implanted at the age of nineteen. Until then I used hearing aids which, of course, helped me, but not too much. So I experienced the clear hearing only after many years with my Cochlear Implant.

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Und der Gewinner istAnd the winner is

Erzählt von Klaus Gollnick und Lilit Abrahamyan, Juli 2015

2015-07-03-3681Sevak ist dreieinhalb Jahre alt und lebt mit seinen Eltern und Großeltern in dem kleinen Dorf Kotayk in der Provinz Kotayk, südwestlich von Erewan, Armenien. Da seine Eltern den ganzen Tag arbeiten, passen meist seine Großeltern, die einen kleinen Bauernhof betreiben, während der Woche auf ihn auf. Sevak liebt es, im Garten zu spielen, und er liebt die Ziegen und Hühner, die auch auf dem Bauernhof leben. Er erkennt die unterschiedlichen Geräusche, wenn eine Ziege ruft oder die Hennen gackern, während sie gefüttert werden.

Jedoch sind diese Geräusche neu für Sevak, denn er wurde taub geboren.

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Der große TagThe big dayThe big day

Erzählt von Klaus Gollnick, Juli 2015

 
AymanVier Wochen können eine lange Zeit sein, wenn man auf solch ein lebensveränderndes Ereignis wartet, wie es eine erste Anpassung jedesmal ist. Ayman’s Eltern hatten zwar schon mit der gesamten Familie und Freunden den glücklichen Ausgang der Operation gefeiert, aber die erste Anpassung, die Ayman in die Welt des Hörens bringen würde, war ein Ereignis, das mit nichts vergleichbar war, was sie bisher erlebt hatten.

Der 27. Mai 2015 war der große Tag, an dem die Anpassung im Ear Care Center in Khartoum vorgenommen wurde, und Ayman’s erste Reaktion, als er das erste Geräusch wahrnahm, war nichr verwunderlich- er fing an zu weinen, überwältigt von dem, was mit ihm geschah.

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Die Welt ist nicht ohne gute Menschen!Мир не без добрых людей!

Erzählt von Kiras Mama, Maria, Juli 2015

Kira GoncharenkoDie Welt ist nicht ohne gute Menschen! Dieses bekannte russische Sprichwort ist unser liebstes geworden. Als wir auf der Suche nach Geldern für die Operation für Kira waren, traf ich viele gute Menschen, die uns geholfen haben. Mit deren Hilfe wurde für Kiras linkes Öhrchen nicht nur die Cochlear Implantation in der Schweiz, sondern auch die Erstanpassung des Sprachprozessors und einige Rehabilitationsstunden in Deutschland ermöglicht. Damals lebten wir in Cherson, in der Ukraine. Schon wenige Wochen nach der Erstanpassung sagte meine Tochter das so lange erwartete erste Wort “Mama”. So begann der Weg zum Hören und Sprechen. Seitdem hört sie mit dem Plaudern nicht mehr auf.

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