Photo: suppliedA deaf backpacker's cochlear implant and hearing aids, worth about $15,000, have been stolen from the Hot and Cold Pools near Rotorua. With her hearing devices stolen Ofele cannot hear. The friend she was travelling with is not deaf and does not know sign language, so the pair had to write notes. Sign language is a beautiful language." After eight days without sound she visited the Hearing House in Auckland, a charity for deaf children and adults with cochlear implants and hearing aids.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 20, 2018 19:41 UTC