Emotional Video - Woman hearing for the first time in 29 years

valkia · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:30

In the following link is a woman who is 29 years old and hasn't heard a single sound since the day she was born. She has a Cochlear implant installed and this is her reaction to hearing herself speak, laugh, and cry for the first time.

It's pretty emotional and was smiling watching the video, very happy for her

http://www.break.com/index/hearing-for-the-first-time-2168709

http://www.break.com/index/8-month-old-hears-mom-for-the-first-time-2175717 << New video with a baby

Damien. · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:31

That is pretty amazing.

dalin80 · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:33

Is it wrong that I would put rebecca blacks friday as the background music in the office....

Participant · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:33

That's lovely, but how come she speaks so perfectly straight off the bat?

Brian8bit · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:33

Science is awesome.

Brian8bit · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:35

Robbie G said:
That's lovely, but how come she speaks so perfectly straight off the bat?

Good question.

dalin80 · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:35

Robbie G said:
That's lovely, but how come she speaks so perfectly straight off the bat?

Deaf people can speak, some very well its just harder to learn.

valkia · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:35

Robbie G said:
That's lovely, but how come she speaks so perfectly straight off the bat?

That's what I was thinking, must be something that her mind recognises her sound from her voice or similar.

valkia · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:36

dalin80 said:
Is it wrong that I would put rebecca blacks friday as the background music in the office....

You'd be so cruel if that was the first thing she heard!

Tolmekian · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:37

That is pretty amazing, I'm happy for her.

I just wish the other woman didn't talk to her as though she was a 3 year old child.

placeholder · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:38

Is amazing what we take for granted isnt it?

valkia · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:40

placeholder said:
Is amazing what we take for granted isnt it?

Indeed, she will live her life loving every new sound she hears everyday

antonusklesk · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:40

Great stuff, but why does she have an accent?

Seriously though, joy like that is a rare thing.

valkia · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:41

antonusklesk said:
but why does she have an accent?

That's a very interesting question...

PGdude · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:44

Robbie G said:
That's lovely, but how come she speaks so perfectly straight off the bat?

Well, she HAS heard a single sound before, like how you can hear yourself when you shut your ears or get some temporary tinnitus. It';s 29 years, she can probably hear herself as the vibrations made will directly reach the ear drum, and sound travels better through one sole dense medium/set of similar mediums than through air.

flibbage0 · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:44

So good to see someone able to gain back a sense.

I can't think of anything more wonderful.

dante6491 · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:48

There was a woman in the Metro today talking about this. Apparently she has lost her sense of taste as a consequence but wouldn't change it for the world.

Mickie · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:49

when you talk, their are vibrations, she'll be able to use them to able her to talk.. accent ? yeah she does doesnt she, a deaf persons accent.....

St.Josh · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:52

She either wasn't completely deaf or hasn't been deaf from birth.

Still pretty cool though

valkia · 30 Sep 2011 at 21:54

St.Josh said:
She either wasn't completely deaf or hasn't been deaf from birth.

Still pretty cool though

my friends guess was "because deaf people, especially deaf people who have been that way all their life, are very sensitive to vibrations, so when they do talk they can feel it, whether its vibrating in the areas around their skull, like their jawbone, or their chest.. so you will develope an accent.. that or from being very good at lip reading... if you say the word "laughter" in a few different accents..
the mouth movements are very different
thats my guess anyway"

seems a legit answer