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Prologues

...The life I live...

...The problems I face...

...Everything that happened...

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"Your son has an abnormality in his inner ear, Mom, sir. The hearing has been very difficult to return, especially the symptoms have been there since a few months ago." The ENT doctor named Pramudya clenched his hands on the table. He looked concerned at the couple who looked flabbergasted in disbelief. "I've tried to minimize the impact, but ...."

The examination room was instantly quiet for a while, letting the cold from the air conditioner hit the skin.

"Aren't you medically treatable, Doc?" Dessy lunglai, she asked softly after her hand was tightly grasped by her husband as if giving strength.

"Maybe, but the percentage is no more than 50:50. We can do repeated therapy, cochlear surgery, or give a hearing aid. Judging from the results of the examination, the son of Mother and Father lost hearing because there are still descendants with the same case. Maternal fathers have a similar history, and it seems to decrease in your son even though the Mother carries a recessive (not dominant) gene. I'm sorry, but this is gonna take some time because of genetics."

Geri, a five-year-old child, who sits on the patient's bed squinting her round eyes. Those black eyebrows even fused together in confusion. He was sure there could not be silence, but his ears could not catch any sound. Moreover, his mother made a cupping gesture like the way of greeting Om Indra, but this time the look on Dessy's face seemed not happy to give greetings.

Geri could not hear the conversation, but everything was in one room. I don't know what happened, he was confused himself. Many times he tried to blow the air with his mouth and nose closed - said Kak Yeti, his neighbor, this could work. However, he had to be disappointed because it had no impact.

Geri was still confused by the situation until Dessy got up from her seat. The five-year-old's eyebrows were raised because he saw a melt of tears had wet his mother's cheeks. Geri's mouth was open, but did not voice anything. He was silent until a tight hug was quickly obtained.

Dessy hugged the son, deeply regretting the fate that befell Geri. "My son ... my son ...."

Geri saw her papa just closed his eyes with his hands clenched in his lap. His father looked down, then looked up and like talking to Doctor Pramudya.

"I'm sorry Mama, son ..," said Dessy, trying to affirm every word of her lips. He hoped Geri could read the lip movements.

And, yes, Geri's focus was immediately on Dessy's lips. But, he doesn't understand. He could only see his lips twitching as if saying a short sentence.

Geri's gaze again looked right into Dessy's eyes. "Mama, why can't I hear Mama's voice?"

Dessy could only be speechless, her lips trembling withstanding the cries. "I'm sorry Mama, Geri."

"Father, Mama's crying!" his brother to the Papa. He rubbed Dessy's cheeks gently, as if blocking the path of tears that were about to fall.

"My son ...," back, Dessy hugged Geri tightly. For God's sake, he never thought it would be like this. Really, how's Dessy supposed to be? The current economic situation cannot allow Dessy to do treatment, but if Geri's situation is like this, he cannot ignore it. Thinking about the daily life that the child might face with his shortcomings now, Dessy felt lost direction.

"My poor son."

TB

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Source of reference:

-Alomedika https://www.alomedika.com/penyakit/telinga-hidung-tenggorokan/tuli/etiologi

- Halodoc: can hearing loss be cured?

tirto.id: Knowing the Type of Hearing Loss and How to Overcome It