Andrea Diaz went to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for a simple yet life-altering procedure: having her cochlear implants turned on so that she could hear for the first time. Moments afterwards, Andrea’s life changed again when her boyfriend, Kevin Peakman, proposed. As he explains in the video, Kevin tells Andrea that he wanted his proposal to be the first thing she heard in order to make the moment as memorable as possible.

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