40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time

[Jazzy]

Nebulous Milne suffers from Usher's syndrome and was deaf from birth. She had bilateral cochlea implants fitted which allowed her to hear for the first ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IyDdVJ81Ixs

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How awesome is this?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Awesome! I can understand why she was emotional.

 

[seasidemike]

It is sad in someways that we are now conditioned so we are afraid of hugging someone in moments like this.. based on her body language, even though tears of joy, a hug would have gone very well in this.