A father has delighted social media users by sharing a clip of the moment he turns on his severely deaf daughter’s hearing aids.

Paul Addison’s four-month-old baby Georgina can be seen waving her arms and smiling in the Twitter video.

Mr Addison, 32, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, tweeted the clip with the caption: “When our daughter’s new hearing aids are turned on in the morning.”

Baby Georgina was diagnosed as severely deaf in September, and wears a hearing aid in each ear to amplify sound.

Mr Addison decided to share the “lightbulb moment” with the world after she had been wearing the aids for a few weeks.

He said: “It’s absolutely phenomenal.

“You use these hearing aids and it’s like the lights have been switched on.

“As a consequence she is immediately more alert, happy, and can hear her mum’s voice, which is absolutely delightful.”

Mr Addison described his daughter’s reaction as “chirpy and cheery” and said the moment is particularly emotional for him as he cannot hear with his left ear.

The video, which was posted on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, has already been liked thousands of times.

It was also watched 150,000 times in under 24 hours.

Irish actor Chris O’Dowd was among the people to respond to Mr Addison’s video when he posted a heart emoji.

The National Deaf Children’s Society tweeted “What an amazing expression?!”

Twitter user Sister Haile wrote: “The most beautiful thing I have seen for a long time.”

Mr Addison said: “There’s a lot to be said about using tools like Twitter for spreading good news and a bit of happiness.

“It’s quite heartwarming.”

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