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Stephen Joyce has never heard his child laugh or cry. He's never heard a sound since birth. Throughout his life he's fought to overcome every obstacle in his silent world, but now he faces his greatest challenge as his condition, Usher Syndrome, delivers its cruellest blow. It's a moment that touches our darkest fears.

Stephen Joyce has only known the silent world of the deaf. But in every sense he is a survivor, overcoming the obstacles of his life. Now, however, the condition that brought his deafness is dealing him another cruel blow, just when he is enjoying his young son Cameron growing up.

Most of us take our senses for granted. For the parents of Stephen Joyce the joy of their newly born child was tempered by the discovery he was totally deaf. Now, Stephen is grown up, married, and he too has become a father. The condition that brought his deafness could be passed to his children, but what is certain is that his Usher Syndrome is now dealing him an even crueller blow.