Follow the White family through their decision to outfit their deaf daughter with cochlear implants and as they ready for the surgery in the first of our three-part series. The White's of Wheaton agreed to give Suburban Life unfettered access to their daughter Lauren’s surgery — Hinsdale Hospital’s first pediatric, simultaneous bilateral cochlear implant. Beginning in October, a team of reporters and photographers documented months of progress, family time and follow-up doctor’s appointments — including the day the devices were turned on.