Things aren't looking to get any easier for new parents Gemma Winter and Chesney Brown, as the Coronation Street couple are set to get some life-changing news about one of the quadruplets.

As well as dealing with the fallout from an upcoming house fire, the couple will have to come to terms with the news that their baby boy Aled is deaf.

The ITV soap has worked alongside Trafford Deaf Children's Society and Great Ormond Street Hospital on the storyline, which hopes to raise awareness of how a hearing diagnosis can affect the whole family and shine a light on the help that is out there for them.

A spokesperson for the soap told Digital Spy: "This is a very important story to tell and will resonate with many parents who have gone through their children being diagnosed with hearing problems and the challenges that this throws up for the child, the parents and the whole family."

Elsewhere on the Cobbles, Gemma and Chesney's home is nearly set on fire after someone pushes a burning rag through the letterbox and spray paints 'PAEDO' over the window, mistakenly believing Bernie's ex-boyfriend Kel lives there.

A stunned Chesney arrives home to realise that Gemma is asleep upstairs with the quads, but with the help of Abi, manages to put out the flames before anyone gets seriously hurt.



For more information on the help and support available for deaf children and their families, please visit the National Deaf Children's Society.


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