RICHMOND, VA -- A 1-year-old heard his mother's voice for the first time after getting fitted for his hearing aids.
Maison McMillan was born 4 months premature in Richmond, Virginia. He weighed just 1 pound.
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The tiny baby spent 158 days in the NICU. He finally gained enough strength to go home, but his parents realized that he could not hear them.
A year after his birth, doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University Children's Hospital fit McMillan with his own hearing aids.
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The smile on his face when he heard his mother's voice was infectious. The only thing more touching might have been the tears that smile brought to McMillan's mother's face.