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39-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears for First Time
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| 3-28-14
| Ralphie Aversa
Posted on 03/28/2014 1:54:49 PM PDT by kingattax
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posted on
03/28/2014 1:54:50 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
and the one with the camera keeps focusing the camera on the back of the head of the nurse including the exact moment the woman hears for the first time.
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posted on
03/28/2014 1:58:05 PM PDT
by
MNDude
To: kingattax
If she’s never heard before, how would she understand the days of the week? I’d think her first word after getting the implants would be, “Huh?”
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posted on
03/28/2014 1:58:08 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Cyber Liberty
Are you setting someone up for you to yell at?
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:00:29 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Cyber Liberty
If shes never heard before, how would she understand the days of the week? Through lipreading. A friend of mine's daughter caught spinal meningitis at an early age (prior to 2 years old.) She lost her hearing as a result. She learned sign language and lip reading by the time she was five or six years old and did pretty good at forming words and speaking them also.
When she was eight, she got a Cochlear implant (just like Rush Limbaugh has.) However it is they "dial in" the implant and tweak the software, etc.. she was able to understand her mother call her name very quickly the day the doctors turned it on.
It was really quite incredible.
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:03:15 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: Cyber Liberty
having never even heard a sound before, much less spoken language..how could she possibly understand a single word that is being spoken to her ?
piers morgan is overwhelmed, i’m sure.
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:05:59 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(America needs more real Americans.)
To: MNDude
She lost her hearing, she wasn’t born deaf.
To: MNDude
Obama would have recommended an aspirin for her. (sigh) How many people in America are going to be denied this sort of help in the future due to socialized healthcare? (yes, I know this happened in Britain)
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:10:34 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
To: miss marmelstein
Second sentence in the article: Joanne Milne of Gateshead in the U.K. was born deaf because of Usher syndrome.
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:13:00 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: EEGator
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:13:52 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Cyber Liberty
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:15:34 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: usconservative
The lip-reading makes sense. I hadn’t thought of that. How wonderful it must have been to hear the sounds that go with the lip movements. I think I might have wept too.
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:16:02 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: miss marmelstein
She lost her hearing, she wasnt born deaf.Then why the title?
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:17:22 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: kingattax
Interesting-— so once implanted in the cochlea does it need to be turned on from an external software command?
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:18:23 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or Tyranny)
To: kingattax
The article says this woman was born deaf. This is BS. Her response is too close to normal speech to be attributed to lip reading. This is some PR for free Healthcare
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:21:50 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Starstruck
Think bigger picture. The woman can hear when she was able to before. Hooray for her!
Stop picking nits. Consider the news source. Yahoo.com and reporter is named Ralphie.
Then why the title?
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:22:34 PM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Cyber Liberty
I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking that. If this is the first time hearing anything, how would everything sound high pitched at first?
Maybe the article needs work?
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:29:25 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
To: Dacula
Think bigger picture. The woman can hear when she was able to before. Hooray for her!I don't have a problem with the woman being able to hear. The article says she was born deaf. That I don't believe.
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:35:03 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Cyber Liberty
The lady is deaf, not dumb. Of course she knows the days of the week. Hell, many deaf people are more perceptive than those who can hear.
To: kingattax
Well, then she’s one up on our president...
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posted on
03/28/2014 2:48:32 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Immigration Reform is job NONE. It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics. Enforce our laws.)
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