A toddler who underwent a series of operations to improve her hearing is facing a lifetime of total deafness after the Home Office refused her family permission to stay in the UK. Fatima Chaw's hearing was damaged when she contracted meningitis a few weeks after she was born in Crawley, south London. Doctors at Great Ormond Street hospital decided to replace her inner ear with cochlear implants and her hearing has steadily improved.
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Deafness fear for girl facing deportation - The Guardian 23rd June 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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