article_snippet: Little girl had an experimental procedure at the hospital that installed an auditory brainstem implant.
article_snippet: Little girl had previously been deaf because she was born without auditory nerves .
article_snippet: Little girl was able to hear after undergoing an experimental procedure at  NYU's Langone Medical Center in New York .
article_snippet: The implant now bypasses what's missing in Little girl inner ear, according to CBS News.
article_snippet: The auditory brainstem implant, which is being tested in children, now bypasses what's missing in Kennedy .
highlights_snippet: New auditory brainstem implant replaces what's missing in inner ear .
  
highlights_snippet: Little girl had operation at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City .
  