Posted on 09/18/2023 7:05:05 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose
This is the emotional moment a teen with irreversible hearing loss that she shares with her mom has her cochlear implants activated for the very first time. Katelynn Bronson, from Provo, Utah, shares a hereditary hearing loss, passed down through her mom, Jennifer. Jennifer, 38, started losing her hearing in her 20s, and after Katelynn, now 14, was born her family were worried she would start losing her hearing, too. Having passed her hearing test at birth, Katelynn began to show signs of the same condition as her mom after her first birthday, and she received her hearing aids when she turned four. Katelynn learned to read lips, but in school it was clear her hearing was getting worse, Jennifer said, so her family started looking into cochlear implants.
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I was really expecting more, because I have seen the reactions of others hearing sound for the first time & it was considerably more dramatic & animated than this. But she will react mor differently as time passes I’m sure. I’m happy for her though. 🙂
That’s amazing. It must be overwhelming for profoundly deaf people to really hear for the first time.
(I used to work with hearing impaired people, and depending on the nature of the hearing loss, many still have some bone conduction; so they can dance to the beat of the music, like the young couple at their wedding.)
I love these videos, and those getting their special glasses to see colors!
The videos are fun to watch, but I don’t think those glasses really show the colors - they somehow simulate it.
The cochlear implants transmit real sound. Takes a lot f adjustment, though.
I have a sort of relative (cousin-in-law?), deaf from birth, who had those implants done; and then had them removed, as the world was far too noisy.
Yes. Some individuals can’t deal with the drastic change and adjustment. Life becomes entirely different.
I worked with elderly people who could never adapt even to regular hearing aids, either. Even the most modern hearing aids aren’t exactly like natural hearing and can take a lot of adjustment - adjustment of the aid itself, and on the part of the person wearing them.
We would tell people to get them when the problem first arises because it’s easier to adapt then, than waiting till later.
I wonder how many times Rush assisted people with hearing issues? He was so good at explaining everything in life. When his hearing started to fade, and then was gone, I know he must have assisted many others that could not afford it. I can imagine some of his donations came with a proviso that the recipient not divulge it. Or perhaps he donated anonymously to the clinic.
The fact that he could still do some impressions was amazing.
He would explain that if he heard a song that he already knew, had already heard before the cochlear implants, he would hear, experience the song as you and I hear it. His memories filled in what the implants couldn’t. New music was mostly noise to him.
Thanks so very much for posting those comments, as I read, I recalled segments from his shows. It was great to “hear” his voice again.
That is my next step, I’ve had 2 Meniere’s attacks, and each one steals more of my hearing, Medicare/Tricare Life does NOT cover spouses for the surgery. Plus being 75 is against me. Noisy places are torture.
I still haven’t done the color thing. I’m as color blind as humanly possible.
I only recall a couple of clients with mild Meniere’s, so I don’t know a lot about it; though I’m sure that approaches to it have improved since my day.
I wish you the best. Even the people we served said it truly was torture.
I don’t know if they do or not. I’ve only watched 6 or 7 of them and the reactions were always powerful. It seemed the older the individual, the more powerful the reaction.
It just makes my day to watch a baby get the implant and watch their face when it is turned on and they hear mom or dad for the first time.
The few I watched getting them had some pretty strong and favorable reactions that gave me the impression it was a life -changing event for them.
I’ve watched the videos, too; and I’m sure they are wonderful for people who have always been colorblind.
I was interested in how they work, and looked into it:
https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/do-color-blindness-correcting-glasses-work
The first attack was at 62, I woke up with a severe Vertigo attack, we have a High Rice bed, grabbed the pole and crawled to the RR, and puked. Vertigo landed me in the ER. They stopped the puking and sent me to an ENT. Top-notch testing, POS SADIST as a DR. 3 days of steroids in the left eardrum, not numbed enough. Destroyed the ear hairs. The second was caused by a loud noise at nearly 72, loud roaring and no understandable sound, and vertigo. Different ENT, same treatment, so procedures haven’t changed at all. Just a better doctor. I had Vertigo for a year after each one, still have a few on and off.
1st Dr. was a stand-alone facility like a mini St. Judes’. So not be able to sue him or I would have. You don’t shoot 3 laser holes in a person’s eardrum without the correct sedation.
The audiologist that fitted the one I have for my right ear said she loves folks expression first time they can hear. She said kids are her favorite & she cries at their reactions.
I remember listening to Rush after I had stopped for a couple years & remember thinking he’s going deaf by the way he spoke. Several months later, he came out about it.
Thank you! That helps explain how they work, and some of why the reactions varied.
Hearing sounds and words for the first time, I wonder if they understand what the words they are hearing mean?
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