TYGERBERG HOSPITAL - STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY COCHLEAR IMPLANT UNIT

Tygerberg Hospital

July 11, 2017

‘I lost my hearing because of TB treatment’

Phumeza Tisile was 19 years old when she completely lost her hearing. She had been diagnosed with TB and was on medication. When 19-year-old Phumeza Tisile was diagnosed with MDR-TB (multi-drug resistant TB) in 2010 she was devastated at first. With the help of doctors, she was put onto...

May 24, 2017

Cape Talk: Hard of Hearing interview – Podcast

Anene Engelbrecht was born deaf and received a cochlear implant at the age of 33 years. Listen to her interview on Cape Talk with Pippa Hudson about her cochlear implant as well as her work at the Radisson Hotel where she works as a Financial...

October 17, 2016

Cochlear implant has 5-year-old dancing

Five-year old Oyena Gulwa received a generous gift, a cochlear implant procedure, sponsored by Bidvest Hear for Life. The procedure was made possible by Netcare Foundation at Netcare N1 city hospital who paid for a surgeon, anaesthetist and private hospitalisation for little Oyena. Click Here to read...

February 23, 2016

Cochlear wish comes true for Cape Town boy

CAPE TOWN - A dream come true can often be accompanied by unanticipated challenges. This was the case for little Gamiem Ahjum's mother Rashieda, as she nervously watched the minutes tick by while waiting in Tygerberg Hospital. In theatre her son, at a mere two years and...

February 16, 2016

Magic as Cape Town baby hears for the first time

One of the youngest babies in the world to get a cochlear implant hears for the first time. Health24's Adiel Ismail witnessed Neave Barrett's discovery of the world of sound.   Neave Barrett's deep blue eyes darted around the room – and then came to a slow stop. For...

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