Deaf woman hears for the very first time

[dingodan]

Amazing scenes!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Well that made me cry.

Having been through the cochlear implant procedure, I can partially share her joy. However, I had hearing up until 20 and very little until 31, so not quite the same excitement, but exciting nonetheless.

It is a magical experience. Hearing yourself pee, hearing foxes mating at 3am, hearing your car beep at you when you leave your lights on, ad infinitum.

I wrote some blogs about my experiences.

These are three of them. The operation, being turned on and then turned up.

http://thebaronofsussex.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/operation-i-beg-your-pardon/

http://thebaronofsussex.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/testing-testing-1-2-3/

http://thebaronofsussex.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/turned-on/

 

[glasfryn]

that is just beautiful

 

[ozseagull]

This might be a silly question, but.... If she has never heard before how can she understand what is being said to her?
This is a serious question.

 

[Mowgli37]

Wonderful, just wonderful.

 

[Weststander]

What? Can you speak up.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

This might be a silly question, but.... If she has never heard before how can she understand what is being said to her?
This is a serious question.

She's probably had some hearing. You can be deaf, but have a little left in the tank. You'd really have to ask someone who was born deaf, I guess.

As an example, a friend of mine is deaf from birth. This is his understanding of the English language...

"My son player football his 3 goals - HAT-TRICK.....!"

"I photo Cat keep warm "home sweet home"

A little hearing, lipreading and phonetics. Ees complicated.

Presumably she signs and has a basic understanding of the English language. The questions are quite simple.

 

[Kumquat]

I once "heard" Ashley Barnes was a quality player. Despite believing it too because I "saw" it with my own two eyes, other people who can apparently "hear" and "see" say he's shit. And he's scored for Barnsley since. Sorry, Burnley, didn;t have my glasses on. Can't understand why nobody cheered when he scored though...

 

[ofco8]

This might be a silly question, but.... If she has never heard before how can she understand what is being said to her?
This is a serious question.

You have raised my question. The thread says she has heard for the VERY first time. Therefore she hasn't heard any thing before. How can she know what spoken words sound like straight away?

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

What? Can you speak up.

About half past 2

 

[Lush]

Someone on Twitter was saying how, when their son heard for the first time after cochlear implants, the experience was so overwhelming he covered his eyes.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I'm guessing lip-reading helps deaf people understand English? A guess. Very moving clip

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

With my luck, if that was me, I would get tinnitus.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

The pictures are on the front page of the Telegraph tomorrow it seems

 

[Willy Dangle]

With my luck, if that was me, I would get tinnitus.

Yep, would be nice to hear the wife banging on for the first time.

 

[Algernon]

Amazing video but I have a genuine question.
How does she know what she is hearing is high pitched?

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Genuinely fantastic viewing. Heartwarming and quite emotional.

On a side note they weren't discussing a recent glut of Albion goals were they?

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

This might be a silly question, but.... If she has never heard before how can she understand what is being said to her?
This is a serious question.

I think she is understanding from lip reading - she is hearing noises aka words that her brain has never been able to process previously - so, I suspect she might not understand what she hears for a while.

Edit: Agreed, emotionally, quite touching ....

 

[OzMike]

With my luck, if that was me, I would get tinnitus.

Think I might have that, ringing almost constant, sometimes faint and sometimes louder.
Playing/listening to loud music probably started it and being in a band probably isn't helping.
From her first reaction I thought they had played her a One Direction track!

 

[LamieRobertson]

watched it on the news this morning...certainly brings a tear to ones eye