CBS Evening News’ Chief

Medical Correspondent

Dr. Jonathan LaPook

visits with Grayson Clamp at

UNC Health Care

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Grayson Clamp is one of the first children in the United States to receive an Auditory Brainstem Implant as part of an FDA-approved investigational device trial.

In June 2013, Graysonheard his father’s voice

for the first time.

The world cheered him on.

The auditory brain stem implant was a delicate surgery that required the work of a Head & Neck surgeon and a Neurosurgeon.

Grayson had two of UNC’s best –Drs. Craig Buchman and Matthew Ewend.

CBS Evening News checks in on Grayson six months after receiving the device.

Grayson’s mom, Nicole

Clamp, sits with him in a hearing

booth as he listens for tone

at different frequencies.

Holly Teagle, audiologist

and program director for the

Carolina Children’s Communicative

Disorders Program, says frequency

range is important for detecting and

understanding speech.

CBS Evening News’ Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. LaPook watches Grayson’s progress.

Dr. Buchman sits down with Dr. LaPook to discuss the road ahead for Grayson.

Grayson returns to Chapel Hill about twice a month for therapy and once every three months for device checks and hearing tests.

Nicole Clamp and Dina King, a cued speech transliterator, watch as audiologist Jennifer Woodard works with Grayson.

During this visit, the speech processoris programmed to ensure that the implanted part of the device works properly.

Nicole Clamp describes how Grayson’s surgery has changed his life.

It’s playtime for Grayson and Dr. LaPook.

Grayson is beginningto understand that

sound is meaningful. He is pairing sound

with visual informationand using it for

communication.

He is also beginning to understand phrases

and words.

Images by Stephanie MahinPost Production by Max Englund

Watch the CBS News story:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57609023/little-grayson-makes-progress-with-auditory-implant/

See the original story of Grayson Clamp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhC_By9GMv0

Grayson is a master at saying, “bye-bye.”

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