25 October 2022

People hearing for the first time


(after receiving cochlear implants).  In these examples it seems the most overwhelming moments occur when they hear their own voices.

Here you go -

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  1. Thank you for the tissues ~ I needed one!! TFS ~

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  2. Had a cousin who did that at 35. Impressive achievement.

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  3. Absolutely moving. However, the fact that some of them immediately appear to understand what is being spoken to them suggests that they are not hearing for the first time ever - rather for the first time after having lost their hearing later in life.

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  4. Hi Stan,

    Thanks for sharing. Sometimes we forget the whole picture and the reason why we are doing what we are doing. Stuck in our daily routines, obsessing and arguing over design details, process developments, regulatory requirements etc.
    It is good to be reminded about the ultimate goal: helping to restore hearing in a patient.

    Engineer working for one of the cochlear implant companies out there…

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  5. I wondered about that, too. But note that in several cases they are looking at the tech or their family and probably simultaneously lip-reading.

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    1. True. But in addition, some of them also seem to have completely "normal" speech (e.g. the persons at 0:32, 8:48 and 9:26) - something they can only have acquired by having been able to hear at some point in the past.

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