Northern Boy
3rd October 2011, 17:26
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/good-news/woman-hears-own-voice-first-time-29-years-210004011.html
For many of us, hearing our own voice is something so commonplace, we don't even give it a second thought. But for someone like?Sloan Churman?who was born deaf, there couldn't be a?sweeter sound.
Churman?received a new hearing implant after a lifetime of wearing?hearing aids, so at age 29, she heard her own voice for the very first time. She posted this video online of how she reacted the moment it was turned on:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNdV76hIiuM
It's hard not to tear up when you see Churman react to the sound of her own laughter and crying, especially when you can tell her husband, who is recording the video, is choked up as well. According toTIME NewsFeed (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AovbL1koqqC_3BcBR7_GHwo8ptl_;_ylu=X3oDMTFpNGh 2cjBkBG1pdANCbG9nIFBvc3QgQm9keQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDTWVka WFCbG9nQm9keUFzc2VtYmx5;_ylg=X3oDMTNldDcyZHZrBGlud GwDY2EEbGFuZwNlbi1jYQRwc3RhaWQDNjFiMWY3YWYtOTQyMy0 zZWE4LWJlNWQtOGJhN2UxMjYyODQ0BHBzdGNhdANnb29kbmV3c 3x0aGVsaWdodGVyc2lkZWJsb2cEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=0/SIG=13lop493k/EXP=1318872054/**http%3A//newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/30/tearjerker-alert-deaf-woman-hears-herself-for-the-first-time/), she had hoped her husband would have said more, but he was so overwhelmed by emotion that he was caught between "crying and wanting to bounce around the room."
For many of us, hearing our own voice is something so commonplace, we don't even give it a second thought. But for someone like?Sloan Churman?who was born deaf, there couldn't be a?sweeter sound.
Churman?received a new hearing implant after a lifetime of wearing?hearing aids, so at age 29, she heard her own voice for the very first time. She posted this video online of how she reacted the moment it was turned on:
<br>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNdV76hIiuM
It's hard not to tear up when you see Churman react to the sound of her own laughter and crying, especially when you can tell her husband, who is recording the video, is choked up as well. According toTIME NewsFeed (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AovbL1koqqC_3BcBR7_GHwo8ptl_;_ylu=X3oDMTFpNGh 2cjBkBG1pdANCbG9nIFBvc3QgQm9keQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDTWVka WFCbG9nQm9keUFzc2VtYmx5;_ylg=X3oDMTNldDcyZHZrBGlud GwDY2EEbGFuZwNlbi1jYQRwc3RhaWQDNjFiMWY3YWYtOTQyMy0 zZWE4LWJlNWQtOGJhN2UxMjYyODQ0BHBzdGNhdANnb29kbmV3c 3x0aGVsaWdodGVyc2lkZWJsb2cEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=0/SIG=13lop493k/EXP=1318872054/**http%3A//newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/30/tearjerker-alert-deaf-woman-hears-herself-for-the-first-time/), she had hoped her husband would have said more, but he was so overwhelmed by emotion that he was caught between "crying and wanting to bounce around the room."