Parents' joy at Leia's hearing

A PIONEERING surgery used to restore hearing in adults who have lost the auditory nerve is now being used for deaf children born without it.

A LITTLE girl who was born profoundly deaf will be able to hear her parents sing happy birthday after becoming one of the youngest people in the UK to have pioneering hearing surgery.

LEIA Armitage, who is four on Sunday, was born with a rare form of deafness.