Sarah Churman has been severely hearing impaired since birth. She was born missing the hair in her inner ear that transmits sound to the brain, a rare genetic deformity. At age 2, she acquired her first hearing aid, but she could only hear some vibrations and loud noises. She compensated not hearing by learning to reading people's lips. Her husband Sloan Churman, had heard a radio ad for the Esteem Inner Ear Stimulator, billed as the only full implantable hearing aid for his wife suffered from-sensorineural hearing loss. The implant cost them $30,000, a high price for a working class family. Although it was expensive, they saved and borrowed-Sloan's mother helped out greatly-and in July, Sarah had the procedure. No she can hear her own voice (not knowing she had an accent), the sounds of birds singing, her two daughters chattering and her husband snoring.
I think that this is an amazing story because this woman has been deaf her entire life, and at 29 years old, she can finally hear.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44756127/ns/today-good_news/
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