Cochlear Implants: People hearing for the first time!

imagine having this job helpin people hear and making them this happy, the paycheck would only be a bonus.

My aunt had been deaf her whole life. Finally, a breakthrough in the medical field allow her to get an implant. When she got home she had to use the washroom. For the first time in her life she heard the toilet flush. The sound scared her at first and she screamed. Her mom wanted to know if she was alright, and my aunt replied she just heard the toilet flush for the first time in her life. She then stayed in the washroom flushing the toilet over and over again. The things we take for granted are special to those that have no experience with them.

I love how the babies get scared at first but get so excited as soon as they realize they can hear their parents.

My uncle when alive, always said when we were all laughing at the table, he couldn't join in as could not hear. I loved him very much and I felt such empathy for him. I felt sad every time we left his home and I would look out the back window of the car and wave until we got around the corner, often having tears in my eyes. He eventually came to live with my parents, it was so good to have him closer so we could see him all the time. I think being deaf can be one of the most isolating afflictions. He always seemed sad and alone in his world. The implant is such a miracle, I wish he had the opportunity to experience it during his lifetime. He passed in 1984. Pure emotion in this wonderful vid, so happy for all featured here, I hope it has brought them much happiness

As someone dealing with bad depression, i like to watch these videos once in a while to remind me to be grateful of what i have and not lose the value of life. Iv'e been fortunate to enjoy relatively good health so far and seeing others go through things like this breaks my heart. We all suffer in different ways, we just gotta stay strong.

From zero sign of any emotion to being utterly overcome with joy in one second. Amazing.

Love love this so much. My 8 yr old son is deaf, but can hear with the help of his cochlear implants. I will never forget the morning he woke up a little over a year ago, with tears streaming down his face, saying mommy I can't hear, over and over. Being able to give him back the gift of hearing through his implants is priceless. He has EVA (Enlarged vestibular aqueducts) caused by Pendred Syndrom. From the time of his diagnosis to double Cochlear implant surgery, about 2 and a half years. He lost his hearing really fast. It was never a matter of if, but when he would go completely deaf. He has had his implants for a year now and what a difference it has made! He is a thriving and happy boy! God bless those who help people to hear again or for the first time.

I've experienced this but only slightly. I had gradually been going deaf for years and eventually got some hearing aids after everyone kept telling me I should do. I didn't want to wear them at first as so prideful about needing hearing aids and getting old. Anyway one day I took my sister into the city to get her eyes tested etc. I couldn't go in with her so had a few hours to kill. I had put my hearing aids in for the first time properly. I dropped her at the hospital parked up and then walked into the city to get a coffee. What an amazing experience that was, suddenly I could hear the lorries and the buses above the normal muffled drone of the city. One of the best moments of my life and I just stood near a tube station watching people hurry to work as I enjoyed the sounds of the city for the first time ever possibly, as I most probably didn't appreciate them as a teenager or young adult. I cry nearly ever time I see these.

This is actually heartbreaking and I think it makes us to appreciate more what we have without problems.

Thanks to the people that can make this possible for these people.

We take SO much for granted. This is just both humbling and truly amazing! 😍

It's like discovering a sense you never know you had. Something completely foreign, and complete beautiful, to what you are used to. It is literally an expansion of the mind that hits all at once, those lucky enough to receive the procedure.

How great it is for those at a mature age to finally get to hear the things most of us take for granted. They will now get to enjoy for the first time the sound of birds singing, babies laughing, music playing while identifying all of the instruments used. Falling rain, ocean waves, the animals as they bark, whinny, bray, roar, howl. Of course, their loved ones telling them: I love you.

This is people experiencing the world in a new way. No wonder they're so emotional. It's so lovely to see tears of joy. And the baby dropping the dummy as his mouth just falls open. But I think my favourite is the little boy who is dancing away with his headphones in his ears. How amazingly happy he looks 😍

Never take your senses for granted 😊

I have a different version of the Cochlear implant, it is called the Osia 2. My hearing loss was gradual, over many years. Like many things, you tend to forget what you're missing. When mine was turned on for the first time, it was stunning and thrilling! Thank you to the engineers at the Cochlear company!

I always break up in tears at the reaction when these folks can finally hear. It’s so great to see them now able to regain this sense that keeps us in touch with others.

My older sister is deaf. She wears 2 hearing aids. My parents made sure that when she was growing up she will have a fantastic life growing up as they did with us. Her husband is also deaf and he was quite shocked the first time he met us all that we could sign as we can all hear. Fiona and David are their 2 kids who are now married themselves and have a kid each who can hear and sign also my sister and brother in law are so proud of their 2 granddaughters who can sign as they learned when they were toddler's. It still annoying to this day that when I am with my sister when we are out shopping if she doesn't hear them they are so bad mannered. As they think I am deaf to just because I can sign you can imagine the look on their face when I tell them I heard what you said. I just tell them they are awful and should be ashamed of themselves. Sometimes times I tell them to take a run up my humph. Which means f/off hear in GLASGOW Scotland.

I remember when I got my first pair of glasses. I could actually see wrinkles in kids' clothes on the playground, and individual leaves on trees. I didn't cry, but it was very emotional and exciting.

That Cooper kid is so adorable :-) Such big, happy moments for these people to hear for the first time...their smiles bring me to tears - a great reminder to never take anything we are given, for granted.