TF1 viewers had the pleasure of discovering newcomers in Large families, life in XXL. The Fanichs in particular joined the now famous show of the first channel. And during the episode of October 26, 2021, the parents Emilie and Franck mentioned the deafness of their son Mjih (Four years).
Emilie (35 years old, childcare assistant in a crèche currently on maternity leave) and Franck (35 years old managing a hotel park) are the happy parents of seven children: Niya and Maïly (10 years old), Édène (9 years old), Naële ( 8 years old), Eïmi (6 years old), Mjih (4 years old) and Ali (2 years old). And big event, the whole family celebrated Mjih’s birthday. But it brought up a painful subject.
Emilie has indeed revealed that her son was suffering from “profound deafness“ because of a virus she contracted during her pregnancy: “I contracted a virus, the CytoMgaloVirus (CMV) when I was pregnant. It is a virus that can cause very large malformations in the fetus. He is really very dangerous. There was a risk of deafness or blindness there, but it could only be known at birth.“Upon hearing the news, the young mother”totally collapsed“. She felt sorry for her son who was not going to be like the others. Memories that again caused tears in her, but also in her husband.
She then explained that it was after the birth, during the hearing test, that they discovered her disability. “It developed him a profound deafness in the right ear“, she said. Asked by Leisure TV, Emilie added that today, “she works but at 90 decibels“, whereas at birth it was 0.”To give you an indication, if you put a jackhammer in his right ear he might hear it“, she clarified.
Emilie imagined that Mjih was not going to evolve in the same way as the others: “We wondered how he was going to handle the walk. We were told that when there is a vestibule in the inner ear, it could have repercussions on the balance. We thought he would walk or talk a little later than the age seen in our other children.“Today, Franck and his wife are very proud of their son who”manages his handicap very wellThey therefore consider themselves lucky.