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Born Deaf, Edmond Senior To Hear Graduation Cheers - Oklahoma City News Story - KOCO Oklahoma City
In 1995, a child received new treatment in order to hear after being born completely deaf.
Now, as many families prepare for graduation, that child, who is now a high school senior, is also ready to hear the melody of "Pomp and Circumstance."
Stephanie Sharpton’s family is looking back in amazement at what their daughter has overcome just to hear their cheers as she walks across the stage to graduate high school.
“I’m pretty excited to leave high school and turn the next chapter in my book my life book,” she said.
Sharpton, an Edmond North senior, was born completely deaf.
At 3 years old, she became the first child in Oklahoma to receive a cochlear implant to hear.
Her parents were apprehensive, at first, about trying something new.
However, after seeing Sharpton now, her mother said they have no regrets.
“She is a typical child,” her mother, Shannon Sharpton, said. “She drives. She plays the piano. She plays sports. She listens to an iPod -- she does everything any other child would do.”
Sharpton will graduate on Saturday.
In 1995, a child received new treatment in order to hear after being born completely deaf.
Now, as many families prepare for graduation, that child, who is now a high school senior, is also ready to hear the melody of "Pomp and Circumstance."
Stephanie Sharpton’s family is looking back in amazement at what their daughter has overcome just to hear their cheers as she walks across the stage to graduate high school.
“I’m pretty excited to leave high school and turn the next chapter in my book my life book,” she said.
Sharpton, an Edmond North senior, was born completely deaf.
At 3 years old, she became the first child in Oklahoma to receive a cochlear implant to hear.
Her parents were apprehensive, at first, about trying something new.
However, after seeing Sharpton now, her mother said they have no regrets.
“She is a typical child,” her mother, Shannon Sharpton, said. “She drives. She plays the piano. She plays sports. She listens to an iPod -- she does everything any other child would do.”
Sharpton will graduate on Saturday.
