Dr. Williamson

Biography

Timeline

1. About eleven years old

   Reconstructive ear surgery

   Her parents took her to Dr. Williamson, who used skin from both legs to reconstruct her deformed ear and implanted an eardrum. Surgery partially restored hearing.

   Dee's Chapter

Stories mentioning Dr.

• Learning to Hear and Accept HerselfDelores describes her congenital left-ear deformity, hearing loss, early speech lessons, and a year at a special school where she felt accepted after being called stupid at regular school. Dr. Williamson reconstructed her ear at about eleven, partially restoring hearing, but missed schooling led to repeating a grade. At twelve, her first hearing aid revealed family voices, birds, and insects so vividly that she cried. Her father called her “Sputnik” because of the aid's modern technology. Later, Diana helped her understand that her impairment did not mean she was stupid and encouraged greater self-acceptance.

Referenced in

• Dee's Chapter — MY EAR