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Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts) Mon Aug 21, 2017, 05:48 PM Aug 2017

Deaf people hear for the first time:

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Deaf people hear for the first time: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Aug 2017 OP

Yay!!! jpak Aug 2017 #1

its amazing but how do they understand ? drray23 Aug 2017 #2

Some lost hearing, some understand from lip reading Cicada Aug 2017 #3

Beautiful, simply beautiful n/t sarge43 Aug 2017 #4

That's just amazing. zanana1 Aug 2017 #5

sweet Skittles Aug 2017 #6

I love when the tough guy broke down SethH Aug 2017 #7

jpak

(41,758 posts)

1. Yay!!!

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 05:56 PM

Aug 2017

drray23

(7,629 posts)

2. its amazing but how do they understand ?

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 06:18 PM

Aug 2017

if they were deaf at birth how can they understand spoken language having never heard it before ? A baby/toddler learn over time but these people understand it immediatly.

I wonder if they lost their hearing as kids and this technology gave it back to them just now.