Sarah Pack
Medical University of South Carolina
South Carolina Doctors Make Hearing Possible for Young Ukraine War Refugee
A family that fled Ukraine last year came to the United States in desperate need of answers – and a miracle. They feared their young daughter, 2-year-old Zlata Kuzmina, was completely deaf. But all hope wasn’t lost. When they settled in South Carolina, a hearing specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina found some function in her right ear. The team at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital surgically placed a cochlear implant in her ear. The surgery was a success, giving Zlata the gift of sound.