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Deaf people hear for the first time: (Original Post)
Kingofalldems
Aug 2017
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jpak
(41,760 posts)1. Yay!!!
drray23
(7,638 posts)2. its amazing but how do they understand ?
if they were deaf at birth how can they understand spoken language having never heard it before ? A baby/toddler learn over time but these people understand it immediatly.
I wonder if they lost their hearing as kids and this technology gave it back to them just now.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)3. Some lost hearing, some understand from lip reading
sarge43
(28,946 posts)4. Beautiful, simply beautiful n/t
zanana1
(6,136 posts)5. That's just amazing.
I wonder if it's a little scary, too?
Skittles
(153,261 posts)6. sweet
I had to google why people cry "tears of joy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11227082/Why-do-we-cry-tears-of-joy.html
SethH
(170 posts)7. I love when the tough guy broke down