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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound
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All it took was a simple cold for three-year-old Charlotte Rivett to lose her hearing completely.
Charlotte was born deaf in one ear, but when a cold virus robbed her of her partial hearing ability, her parents were faced with a huge dilemma.
I'm a blind psychologist. This is how I've learned to 'read the room' at work
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I'm at my desk on a work call. I've just asked a question.
It's a challenging one, but I'm counting on it being OK because, over time, I've built rapport with the person on the other end of the line.
A stranger told Jennelle she shouldn't have children. Now she's a proud mum
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Cancer survivor runs 104 marathons in 104 days, setting an unofficial world record
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When amputee athlete Jacky Hunt-Broersma says her mantra is, "I can do hard things," she's not kidding — the amputee athlete has run 104 marathons in as many days, all using a carbon-fibre prosthesis.
Ms Hunt-Broersma, 46, completed that epic quest on Saturday near her home in suburban Phoenix, setting an unofficial world record along the way.
Wine expert Tinashe Nyamudoka overcame cultural barriers to become one of the best
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From the outside, the world of wine tasting can seem exclusive and inaccessible. Pretentious even.
Expert sommelier Tinashe Nyamudoka, who had almost no knowledge of wine when he moved from Zimbabwe to South Africa in 2008, flips that notion on its head.