Professor Peter Friedland, who performed a cochlear implant procedure on young Olivia Kilmister, said it was important for parents to act quickly if they suspected hearing problems in their children.  “If hearing loss is undetected, your child could miss much of the speech and language around them, resulting in delayed speech and language development, social…

The Bub Hub covers Professor Peter Friedland’s procedure on the first child to receive a cochlear implant through the Ear Science Institute of Australia’s Gift of Hearing program.  Olivia Kilmister is one of more than 2,000 children in Western Australia who are impacted by significant hearing loss.  Professor Peter Friedland performed the surgery on Olivia,…