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29-year-old woman hears her voice for the first time

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
October 5, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 08:00
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Sarah Churman: “I had an implant put in 8 weeks ago called The Esteem Implant by Envoy Medical. I was born deaf and have worn hearing aids from the age of 2, but hearing aids only help so much. I have gotten by this long in life by reading lips. This was taken as they were activating the implant.”

Her husband recorded the moment her hearing implant is activated:

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