Jacksonville, Florida - These days, 2002 Olympic bobsled champ Vonetta Flowers is enjoying other kinds of victories.

Like having her 7-year-old son say his name.

Jordan Flowers and twin brother Jaden were born three months premature in 2002. Jaden's hearing is normal. Jordan's is not. When Jordan was almost 3½, he had an auditory brain stem implant performed in Italy. The operation isn't approved for children in the United States.

Vonetta Flowers is retired now. At the Salt Lake City Olympics she teamed with driver Jill Bakken and became the first black athlete to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics.