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‘I try to be positive’ Deaf woman who had her hearing restored reveals heartache at going blind

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Jo Milne is going blind a year after hearing sound for the first time in her life (Picture: ITV)
Jo Milne is going blind a year after hearing sound for the first time in her life (Picture: ITV)

Jo Milne, a formerly deaf woman who heard sound for the first time last year after getting cochlear implants, is about to lose her sight.

Because of the condition Usher syndrome, Jo was born without hearing and visual impairment, and though she can now hear soon she won’t be able to see at all.

‘It’s very, very difficult, everyday is like a challenge and I do have to remain strong because obviously for somebody who is deaf, losing your sight is probably the worst thing imaginable,’ she told Ben Shephard and… Read the full story


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