EastEnders star Rita Simons (pictured in character as Roxy Mitchell) was horrifed when she was accused of child abuse for deciding her deaf daughter should undergo an operation to enable her to hear. Simons and her husband Theo Silveston have decided their six-year-old Maiya will have a cochlear implant fitted, to give her hearing in both ears. However, their decision has been met with a negative reaction by some people, including one bellend who accused her of abuse. I do not believe that giving a deaf child the ability to hear can, in any way, shape, or form, be classed as child abuse. Despite starring in a show which, apart from its catchy theme tune, is just rubbish, she is a good mother who would throw herself in front of a bus for her children, and was being judged by someone who didn't know her or understand her emotional stance at all. Of course it's not a miracle cure and Maiya's hearing won't be perfect, but in time, her brain will process what it is hearing and compensate, making sounds more familiar to her. All Rita and Theo want to do is give their daughter back what she has lost and help to expand her life. I mean, if you've got the opportunity to give a child the gift of sound, why would you not do that?
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