WWII veteran, 102, regains his hearing and social life, thanks to cochlear implant program

As a fighter pilot flying B-17 bombers behind enemy lines in Europe, Irvin Poff never backed down from danger. Seventy-five years later, he became one of the oldest Americans to undergo surgery for a cochlear implant.

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