Iraqi girl once deaf hears after surgery
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_he_me/deaf_iraqi_girl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060825/capt.f592ef8a97c9497fa0a169b8eec8fda2.aptopix_deaf_iraqi_girl_flad101.jpg?x=117&y=130&sig=OZDQZb.9hMka9E_kqLx3bA--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Three-year-old Amina of Iraq laughs during her first hearing test since her operation Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami. With the help of the U.S. Army in Iraq and the International Kids Fund, a Miami-based aid group, Amina, who has been deaf since birth, was flown to the United States on July 30 for a procedure to have a cochlear implant to be surgically placed in her ear. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)" border="0" /></a>AP - For 3-year-old Amina, it was a day of firsts.</p><br clear="all"/>