Alex, 3, from Armenia's Hrazdan can’t hear anything: Child needs surgery in Spain

November 20, 2019  15:29

Many children at the age of 3 actively communicate, ask questions and play with friends. But Alex does not hear: he never in his life heard either the voices of his parents, or songs and music, or any other sounds. Perhaps he still does not even imagine what a sound is. Alex is not yet able to speak and therefore almost does not communicate with peers.

Vagharshak Avagyan, Alex's dad, told NEWS.am Medicine, realizing that the child can’t hear anything, his parents took him to a medical center in Hrazdan. Doctors confirmed that the child most likely does not hear, but for additional examinations he was sent to Yerevan Arabkir Medical Center.

Yerevan experts confirmed that Alex has a hearing loss of four degrees and a congenital anomaly of the inner ear. Even with a good hearing aid, the child hears almost nothing. To correct problems, he needs surgery on the inner ear and cochlear implantation. There are specialists in Armenia doing cochlear implantation, but Alex’s case is too complicated, and, according to his parents, the doctors advised them to seek help in other countries.

As it turned out, doctors in Spain could help Alex: they had already read the documents of the child and said that they could operate on him, and he would begin to hear, and then learn to speak with a 90% probability. According to experts, if you adjust the hearing of a child up to five years of age, he is likely to be able to learn to speak and after some time will catch up with his peers in development.

For the operation, Alex and his parents need EUR 23,000. EUR 9000 has already been gathered, another EUR 14 000 is required. Thus, they opened a page on the GoFundMe platform.

Those who want to help Alex can donate any amount on the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/alex-dream-of-hearing?fbclid=IwAR10AvkRO6443SBe8pO39GXmn2BmCSGb_hQZ3OT_6ZVv2zdwuDRNsPxANgc

You can also transfer money to the following bank accounts:

Ardshinbank

AMD 2479200283930000

USD 2479200283930010

EUR 2479200283930020

RUB 2479200283930030

Recipient - Vagharshak Avagyan

For quick transfers:

IDram: 840405720

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