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Hannah faced a 'deaf future', until an auditory brain stem implant changed her life
- ruby457
- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min read
At the age of 31, Hannah McPierzie faced a decision she never thought she'd ever have to make: leave a tumour in her brain and lose the ability to walk, or remove it and become completely deaf.
Ms McPierzie was born with a rare genetic condition called neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), which causes multiple benign tumours to grow on the brain and spine, affecting hearing and balance nerves.
She didn't even know she had the condition until she noticed hearing loss in her 20s.
"I'm a teacher so I noticed it more every day in my work, hearing kids in class got harder and I noticed I needed captions when I was watching TV," she said.
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