Speaker 1:	Well, imagine not being able to hear what I'm saying right now or what Shelley's saying or anything at all. Well, for many kids, that is a reality but there's a place right here in New Mexico that is truly making miracles happen. It's the Presbyterian Ear Institute.

Speaker 2:	Breaking the silence, it's truly what they do at the Presbyterian Ear Institute.

Emma Patton:	Once I got to PEI, a miracle just happened.

Speaker 2:	The miracle of hearing. For all these kids they experienced that miracle.

Emma Patton:	Once you have that implant turned on, it's like a whole crowd.

Speaker 2:	This is a cochlear implant. A magnet is surgically placed under the skin and the device is attached to it, electronically stimulating the eighth nerve, which is the hearing nerve.

Speaker 4:	It's one of the few things that I do that I think it is truly a miracle.

Speaker 2:	Four year old Adam agrees.

Adam Burianek:	I couldn't hear nothing at all. I didn't even talk.

Speaker 2:	Until he got his cochlear implant. The same for eight year old Emma.

Emma Patton:	First time I heard my mom, she sounded like a robot.

Speaker 2:	Now Emma's mom sounds like every other mom, but one thing these kids do hear a lot from other kids is, what is that thing on your head?

Adam Burianek:	I say, it help me hear.

Speaker 2:	It takes years to teach the kids how to use their implant effectively and excel in school, so they can grow up and choose whatever career they want.

Speaker 6:	To become a news reporter, to become a physician, to become a lawyer, to become anything they want to be.

Speaker 1:	The cochlear implants are expensive, about $75,000 and some kids need two of them, and there is a tuition to attend the Ear Institute. So on Friday, August 17th Mercedes-Benz of Albuquerque is holding a golf tournament that Sandia Golf Club to benefit the Institute. The cost is 250 per person. You must have an established handicap and you could win a trip to Hawaii. For more information, call the Sandia pro shop at 505-798-39-90.