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The gift of sound
Local woman receives free hearing aid through non-profit foundation
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Daughter Pamela Wilkinson, far right, great-grandson Zac Royster, 7, and granddaughter Tanieka Royster celebrate as Christine Thomas, 81, left, gets fitted with a hearing aid by Miracle-Ear Statesboro board-certified Hearing Instrument Specialist Marie Conley. Thomas is the first patient to benefit from a new program to provide hearing aids to people who cannot afford them.
It was a Christmas miracle for sure. Eighty-one-year-old Christine Thomas, though spry and independent in every other way, had suffered a loss of hearing for the last several years. She couldn’t enjoy a television show and couldn’t listen to music.
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