Listen up! He’s ready for anything

IT WAS music to his ears.

One month after receiving a cutting-edge bone hearing aid from Lenox Hill Hospital, Terrell Davis heard his own name spoken aloud in public for the first time as he graduated from 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School.

Davis walked to the stage with a grin as he accepted his diploma, his family cheering and giving a standing ovation from the crowd.

After the ceremony, Davis was hugging and signing with his interpreters and fellow classmates.

It felt “great” to graduate, the soft-spoken 21-year-old said, though he admits he was nervous about being called up to the stage.

“I feel great,” he said. “(Today) means, to me, a lot.”

His mother, Brenda, said that Davis’ life has dramatically improved since receiving his implant.

“His whole self-esteem has risen. He’s not as closed as he was before. It feels good when everybody is talking and he’s paying attention. Just seeing him shine, light up, it’s been really good.”

The ceremony featured heartfelt speeches and tears from principal Watfa Shama.

“These are tears of joy; there’s no sadness,” Shama said in her address to students. “I’ve never been prouder. This is the next step in your journey.”

Shama gave graduates a blue marble to symbolize the world in the palm of each student’s hand.

“Whenever you feel that you can’t do something, take that marble out and put it in the palm of your hand and say, ‘You know what, I have the whole world in my hand. . . . I can do this.’ ”