http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...ing-grid7|compaq-desktop|dl1|sec1_lnk1|100567 Sloan Churman, 29, was born deaf. Until recently, she had never heard the sound of her own voice. But thanks to a hearing implant, Churman was finally given that ability. Watch the powerful video below in which Churman hears herself speaking for the first time. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LsOo3jzkhYA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Pretty girl, please no immature comments about her looks, please stick to the subject of the matter.
It must be trippy to suddenly have a sense you've never experienced before. I'm deathly afraid of deafness.
I wonder if she sounded like the stereotypical deaf person before that when she tried to speak. It's pretty amazing that she can speak pretty 'normally' right after the implant.
How is she able to speak so clearly? Not to sound insensitive, but I thought deaf people always had a distinctive quality to their voice, but she sounds like normal speech.
yeah i thought the same thing. ive known a few deaf people in my time and most of them made sounds that sounded similar to what they were trying to say, but never something clearer then I could even say!
I was just thinking that her diction is quite good for a person with complete hearing loss. Usually, it is quite obvious in the way they speak that they have never heard speech before. She must have had an exceptional speech therapist, because I don't think she could correct her speech that quickly after that little bit of hearing. She would need some additional coaching. Great video. Very moving.
It's because they can't hear themselves. Did you ever hear Rush Limbaugh after his ear problem? He sounded really different. I was just surprised that their speech could become so distinctly different/normal after just turning on the implant.
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDD7Ohs5tAk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> this one actually brung a tear to my eye when i first posted it a few months ago.... this is SO sweet, how precious is this moment to have on video???
I can't imagine the shock. I once read someone who can see for the first time and had problems with dimensions and scale. He didn't know how to step over a curb. It was like the whole world was a flat painting.
She really is, one of the most natural beautiful ladies I've ever seen was deaf. She was so nice too.
