Kate Berger has never let her hearing impairment keep her from achieving her goals.

She owns her own paralegal business; has served as a Pittsylvania County supervisor and as the chairman of the board; raised a family; and is now an adjunct instructor at Danville Community College while going to school herself.

But after a cochlear implant in her right ear, her hearing has miraculously improved to such a point that she is at times brought to tears at the wonder of it.

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- Thanks to Danville Register and Bee, and PL

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