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I contracted mumps, lost hearing on the left side

A doctor examines a patient for mumps. [Getty Images]

Sidney Chahonyo suffers partial hearing loss but that has not stopped him from going about his life.

It all began at the age of seven during a trip to Mombasa. “I got a very bad case of mumps. I was treated for malaria and my body reacted to the treatment, as I lost hearing on the left side,” he recalls, adding that things got worse when he was diagnosed with cancer of the post-nasal space at the age of 19.

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