Shoalhaven woman regains hearing after almost 40 years

Madeline Crittenden
Updated November 20 2018 - 11:42am, first published November 16 2018 - 3:00pm
'AMAZING': Val Jefferys' cochlear implant was switched on this week, and she's now able to hear properly for the first time in almost 40 years.
'AMAZING': Val Jefferys' cochlear implant was switched on this week, and she's now able to hear properly for the first time in almost 40 years.

Val Jefferys was laying on a banana lounge watching her children swim in the family pool one Friday afternoon 38 years ago, when she dozed off for a while. When she woke up, she discovered she’d lost all hearing in her right ear. 

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Madeline Crittenden

Madeline Crittenden is a journalist for Fairfax Media at the South Coast Register.

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