Washburn Rural football player's deafness isn't holding him back

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Cruz Perez was born bi-laterally, profoundly deaf, meaning he was completely deaf in both ears. At a young age, Cruz's parents decided to give him cochlear implants, granting him the gift of hearing.

"He hears the same way but it's processed into digital sound, so it goes into that cochlear device and then into a processor," Greg Perez, Cruz's dad, said. "The piece that he wears on the outside of his head is like a little super computer."

For most kids, being able to hear is good enough...