By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 20:32 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 20:32 GMT, 22 March 2019
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This is the moment a one-year-old boy heard his mother's voice for the first time.
Tucker Gill was born deaf on February 13, 2018.
Just after his first birthday, he underwent a nine-hour procedure to receive cochlear implants at Our Lady of the Lake Hearing and Balance Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
On Tuesday, after four weeks of recovery, his implants were activated.
His mom, Jill Hudson Gill, shared a video of the moment, as Tucker giggled and squealed, touching his parents throats to feel the vibrations as he always had, while hearing them speak to him.
'We've waited for this day for so long! Tucker’s cochlear implants were turned on this morning and I couldn’t pick just one favorite moment,' Gill wrote.
Speaking to Storyful, she said: 'Our whole family was able
