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Kids who got cochlear implant grow up to crack UPSC, NEET
The New Indian Express Villupuram
|August 13, 2025
YOU heard it right! Impairment is no bar in realising your dream, testify Yash Kumar and K Akshaya, as they continue scripting success, braving all odds.
YOU heard it right! Impairment is no bar in realising your dream, testify Yash Kumar and K Akshaya, as they continue scripting success, braving all odds. Born with hearing impairment, it was sheer will power that helped Yash crack the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS) exam, securing a national rank of 990. Probably the first person born with hearing impairment to clear the IAS, he was a total stranger to the music of nature until 3.5 years when he underwent cochlear implant surgery at the Madras ENT Research Foundation in 2002.
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