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 Fingers
play very important roles
for us every day. Thanks to our fingers, we
can grab things, use computers,
brush teeth, write emails,
hold books, and so many other things. In fact, if we didn't have fingers,
our lives would be very difficult. However, some
people lose their fingers due to accidents or diseases. For these people,
it is not easy to do even basic things such as brushing
their teeth or turning a doorknob. In order to help these people,
scientists invented bionic fingers. Recently, a 15-year-old British girl became the youngest
person in Europe to receive bionic fingers.
Chloe Holmes from Swindon in South West England lost her fingers when
she was only three years old. She lost all her fingers on her left
hand to septicaemia패혈증and was left with one thumb and half a finger on
her right hand. Since then, shas never been
able to pick things up for herself. However, now Chloe can pick things
up and do many other things without the help from others!
 Last week,
she received bionic fingers. Chloe is the youngest and first person
outside of America to have
bionic fingers! The fingers are controlled by electronic signals from the
nerve endings in her hand.
Chloe is now learning basic tasks such as brushing her
teeth and using a knife and fork for the first time.
“I can’t wait to go to school
to show my new fingers to my friends! I’m so excited to have these
amazing fingers for the first
time in my life!” said Chloe with excitement. “The best thing
about my new hand is that now I can hold things. It is quite difficult,
but I am getting used to it.”
 So far, her school life has
been very difficult because she couldn’t do many things by herself.
She couldn’t play sports with her friends, either. However, now her
life has changed forever and she can enjoy
many things with her friends thanks to her new hands. “I’m looking
forward to going back to school so everyone
can see it,” she said with a smile.
The bionic fingers are made by Touch Bionics in Scotland and they
cost ￡38,000. “The fingers
are very expensive, but we decided
to buy them for our daughter,” said Chloe’s father Pete. “Now we are
very happy because it has completely changed her life.
She can now do the simplest things, like brushing her teeth and
cutting up her own food. We are just absolutely delighted with
it, it has made a huge difference to her life,” added her mother Sue.
Let’s hope Chloe’s new fingers help her enjoy her life more! Also,
let’s thank our fingers for their hard work! |
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