BALDWIN: Now this, this is just fantastic. This is what I want to leave you with today. A Missouri father who has been deaf since birth is hearing the world around him for the very first time. But there is one sound that has forever changed his life, the voice of his daughter singing. Their story from Anne Allred of CNN affiliate KSDK.</s>ANNE ALLRED, KSDK REPORTER: Ashley Stehle was preparing for the Villa Duchesne show choir Christmas concert and hoping for a Christmas miracle.</s>ASHLEY STEHLE, DAUGHTER: I knew he was getting the hearing aid, but I didn't know if it was going to work.</s>ALLRED: The new technology, only out for 12 months, and requires Ashley to wear a special microphone.</s>A. STEHLE: This is the microphone that will go to this receiver. This receiver will go up to his hearing aid.</s>ALLRED: The night had come --</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Christmas is a time of miracles.</s>ALLRED: And Ashley had a special surprise --</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The father of Ashley --</s>ALLRED: -- her first solo.</s>A. STEHLE: We decided not put it in the program. It was going to be a complete surprise. The snow's coming down --</s>ALLRED: The song she chose? "Daddy Please Come Home for Christmas."</s>A. STEHLE: -- lots of people around, Daddy, please come home --</s>ALLRED: And when she finished, an embrace after the moment that changed their lives.</s>A. STEHLE: He was closing his eyes. He was listening to my voice.</s>ALLRED: A voice he had never heard before.</s>KEN STEHLE, FATHER: It was amazing. I got goose bumps all over me. I'm very proud of my daughter.</s>BALDWIN: Goosebumps. I'm Brooke Baldwin. Thank you so much for being with me. I'll see you back here on</s>CNN, 11: 30 Eastern tonight, "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT." Now, "THE LEAD" with Jake Tapper starts now.
Deaf Missouri Father Hears Daughter Sing For First Time