Cochlear Implant Activation - Captioned

[WildCardFive]

This is so cool! Congrats. Quick question, though - when she's mentioning sounding like a chipmunk, a robot, and other stuff, how do formerly deaf people know what those things sound like?

[donnieb1212]

you're an amazing lipreader!



[secretgirl47]

@donnieb1212 i am

i was born deaf

[N3ASL8EN]

Ah, advanced bionics! <3 I have one cochlear implant in my right ear, although (I assume you were hearing once upon a time) it's interesting to see your experience as I was born deaf. Tell me, is it better with two cochlear implants or does it just help you figure out where sound is coming from? The people at John Hopkins dubbed me "Power Junkie" since I loooove to have my cochlear implant on loud. Just makes it funnier when I say "What's that, Sonny? I can't hear a dangnabbit word! Speak up!"

[TheWickedCoder]

You are very beautiful :)

[namemydoglola]

How did you know what echoing was or that it sounded like you were on helium? Where you born deaf?

[Reload25]

She keeps talking about how something sounds.. but how would she know what it sounded like? How would she know what a human voice sounded like?

[Casna101]

@Reload25

It seems like she wasn't born deaf. I don't know though.

[Christian7thSF]

Deaf people are experts at lipreading, this lady could lipread in spanish and english even when she is hardly looking at my lips, she could also speak fluent spanish & engliush, yes she is deaf I promise.

[meartmann]

When you first start hearing someone's voice, are you able to understand them? Or is that something you need to learn all over again? Congrats!

[katthescarymonster]

i was watching this video before my operation and recently got switched-on a few days ago, and i understand this so much better now, haha! especially the "feeling, not hearing it." it was SO weird :p

[pixeystix]

amazing lipreading, unbelieveable congrats <3

[toyouiwill]

How do you know what helium sounds like ?

[kralle7611]

i like watching this activation videos. they are amazing. modern medicine ftw.

[MathiasMichell]

dont get it, how is she deaf, if she is answering everything?

[contradica]

@MathiasMichell I can lipread!

[MathiasMichell]

@contradica awesome =), are u hearing normally now???

[ShaiqNBaiq5464]

@contradica Aww crap Time to learn a different language!

[luffaren91]

@contradica If you had binoculars could you watch people far away and know what they're talking about? If so, that's really cool.

[EvanPwnsH1pHop]

@MathiasMichell she had a hearing aid, now she lip reads

[203wee]

@MathiasMichell She's either reading her lips or someone is signing for her

[chadthaxmb87]

@MathiasMichell Are you joking, right? I am deaf and I can understand hearing people talking by lipreading. jeez

[MathiasMichell]

@chadthaxmb87 ok? :s

[Dixiesweetiemomma]

My cousin was born deaf, and had implants done. Her parents raised her to lip reading and sign language. As she grew older she chose when to turn on her implant. She is now 29. She 'hears' at work, when she is with her infant She wore them to her wedding but at her request only the priest spoke. Her and her husband spoke and signed their vows. Amazing gift she CHOSE to use. Not forced to use

[TheZephyrr]

ay bay bay

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 Like I said, and you have just proven, you clearly do not understand the role and function of the frontal lobe.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 The frontal lobe is also involved in emotion and decision making not just the outcomes of our decisions. And yes, to a limited extent they do have a frontal lobe its just not that of an adult's as it is not fully developed.

[carbonmonoxcide]

i can tell shes gonna have a lisp

[ApplesandStrwberries]

did the implant work out for you?

[contradica]

@ApplesandStrwberries Yes, I have two of them.

[InnocenceNIAM]

@contradica Thats so great!

[InnocenceNIAM]

How long have you been deaf?

[redmustang03]

@contradica, how could you afford it, those are expensive as hell and insurance rarely pays for them?

[wjkruijer]

UR FACE GODDAMMIT

[DustinWorker]

How and where is this available I'm over 70% deaf in my right ear and it's the Cochlear bone that's the reason I'm so deaf, I would give anything to be able to hear fully as this has been like this since I was born and keeps my hearing constantly off balance.

[maddobbo]

Very interesting, glad things are going well. Amazing technology.

[FreTzx]

@jewie27 she is lip reading

[drunkenmonkey761]

YAY!!!!! congrats! technology these days is amazing!!!!!

[sfarooqi1]

thank you for sharing this video....fascinating to watch....hope your implants are helping you hear! :)

[asschun]

FAKE

how would she know what a voice on helium sound like

[candycloud19]

@asschun Because she was probably able to hear before this is not fake at all.

[novellterminator]

I have a dumb question: This girl says it sounds weird, but she's never actually heard what English sounds like, has she? I mean, she can speak, but she doesn't hear the sounds she's making. Isn't the doctor covering her mouth and asking this girl if she can understand what she's saying the equivalent of asking someone who speaks a foreign language if the girl understands him or her?

[youandihavenolife]

@novellterminator Some people who are deaf can learn how to speak by reading lips and feeling the vibrations.

[Glassy125]

how exactly is someone who cant hear suppose to be able to relate that they might sound like a chipmunk, duck, or robot?

[CyeOutsider]

@Glassy125 - perhaps she wasn't always deaf. They don't say. But if she is making comments like that, it seems likely.

[Nukeman33]

@kalijasin Thats a great comparison if you are stupid.

[kalijasin]

@Nukeman33 Argumentum Ad Hominem

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin Are you stupid no one is trying to get rid of deaf people. Some people just don't want to be deaf.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 Then why the need to implant Deaf?

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin To help them hear.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 But they dont need to hear. You just want them NOT deaf.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin Maybe they want to hear.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin If someone wants to be deaf that's they're choice.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 You can't choose to be deaf when that right is taken away by a forced implantation.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin It's not always forced some people choose to get an implant because they want to be a able to hear. If i was to ever become deaf i would get an implant because it's my choice if i want one.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin Babies can't but children can I am 13 you'd probably say im a child.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 children cannot make rational and logical decision.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin What age would someone be able to make a decision to get an implant then.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 The frontal cortex is not fully developed until around age 22-24.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin So your saying someone can't make the decision to get an implant till they're 22?

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 Legally one can at age 18 or older, but not rationally and logically.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin People can think very rationally and logically before 18. I am 13 years old if i was to ever become deaf i would get an implant because i can get one if i want to.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 without a frontal lobe? NOT really.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin I know what it's function is.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 Clearly you dont since you think children have the ability to make rational logical decisions.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin How does a 13 year old or 14 year old not have the ability to make rational decisions. I know I have the ability to make a very logical and rational decision.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 Like I said, you clearly do not understand the function of the frontal lobe.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin The frontal lobe helps you understand the consequences of things you do. 13 year olds do have a frontal lobe and they CAN understand the consequences of their actions. Kids develop the ability to understand the consequences of their actions when they're 13. So how can a 13 year old not have the ability to make a rational and logical decision.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 There's a reason they dont try children as adults. They cannot neurologically appreciate and understand the consequences of their actions. There's also a reason medicine has separate fileds specifically for children .. called pediatrics. its because their anatomy and physiology is vastly underdeveloped in comparison to that of adults.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin If your 13 years or older you CAN understand and appreciate the consequences of your actions. -.-

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin When a child is 8 they can make the decision if they want to get an implant.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 ever wonder why they dont try children as adults?

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin ???

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 not legally.

[candycloud19]

@kalijasin Legally?

[kalijasin]

@candycloud1 yes, legally.

[tiffanylbrumfield]

@candycloud19 you would only want one because you are hearing. most deaf people prefer to be deaf. there is a better sense of community. hearing people don't respect deaf individuals like they should. implants are dangerous. being deaf is not. If you are deaf, and you would like an implant. I don't disagree... but when hearing parents of deaf children force it on them, and not let them live as a deaf individual, they are riding them of a wonderful experience. and it isn't fair to the child.

[I3uttSweat]

@tiffanylbrumfield I find that very offensive as I am actually deaf, and, it actually improved many peoples life including mine. You don't have the right to speak for everyone either. The fact is that it only destroys your cochlear inside, which is already not functioning, it also gives you a slightly higher chance of meningitis, but you can completely eliminate that chance by vaccinating yourself. Do you think being deaf and taking part of the deaf society is a 'wonderful experience'?

[I3uttSweat]

@tiffanylbrumfield You can't find a better example of somebody who lived between both communities than me. I used to wear hearing aids, I couldn't imagine living without them. When I got my first implant, and when I got used to it, I couldn't be more happy. After 7 years I decided to have another implant. Even though the audicien warned me not to expect that much about it, it did actually make me hear a lot better. I can do almost everything a 'normal' person could do.

[I3uttSweat]

@tiffanylbrumfield And what offends me the most is that you said that most people prefer to be deaf. I am very well aware of the fact that almost every deaf person hates being deaf, and they hate being isolated from the world, they really hate being the kid who needs extra attention, they hate having very little people with whom they can talk with, they hate the fact that people think that they aren't as smart and mentially retarded, they hate not taking part of the 'real' society.

[tiffanylbrumfield]

you would feel differently is a deaf parent of a hearing child, had a doctor make their child deaf.

[kalijasin]

@candycloud19 By the way, calling me "stupid" just shows you can't be logical in your arguments.

[paristiger1]

My little grand daughter had Cochlear implants over a year ago.She understands what we say..She is so much fun now that she can hear.She just turned 4 and will be going to a School for the deaf next week.She can say some words and work with her on sounds.

[coolnet12see]

Well hello there pretty lady ;)

[Darathath]

3:10 How do you know what a loud speaker sounds like if you are deaf?

[contradica]

I am lipreading.

[thecico12345]

@contradica thats so cool how you can lip read. its a very cool ability.. i wish i could do it

[giriisindahouse]

@contradica That's a pretty pretty good lipreading.

[breakern1]

@jewie27 hahahaahhaahah fail fail fail fail fail triple double super fail

[preempted]

@jewie27 You are not to smart are you? People read lips and facial expressions, most translate to words. This girl has obviously had Auditory-Oral training and she sounds very well. Do your homework before attacking someone.

[DrMad74]

4 years afterwards the video, what would you tell us about your CI everyday experience?

[natofthecat11]

So absolutely touching. I am so happy for you.

[FoxxNightingale]

haha i laughed so hard when she said "can you hear anything" "no" "can you hear a pfshhhhhh"

/facepalm

[Jamalje]

Congratulations on the implants, they are definately a life changer.

[trakrekkid]

hey how are they working out for you now? a lot of comments on CIs sound really positive, people seem much happier with them rather than hearing aids.

[thecanadianstoner1]

I hear dead people, no wait, it's more like Darth Vader or I could be hearing John, Peter, Paul or GOD!

[GwennyPoo1207]

i have had my 1st CI for exactly 3 years. on July 5th i will be getting my bilatteral implant. i love it and it has changed my life sooo much. i am 16 and i have been deaf since i was 22 months old. i'm glad you made the right decesion to get the implant and i'm glad i did too. like you said how you couldn't hear the ladys voice but you can hear your own is exactly how i was too. its amazing how much can change over time :)

[DiSnEyStAr2011]

Cochlear Implants are from what I've heard amazing x One of My best friends was fitted with one 4 years ago and it has worked wonders for her! x

[zippewa]

So are these fittings simply subjective? Too loud? Too soft? etc...

[JazyGirl26]

i don't know how i would respond when they ask what i heard if i've never heard before.. like how would you describe it if it's the first time you've heard it??

[natcoolkat]

WOW! I just had my first CI switched on 2 days ago and the similarities in response is almost identical. Not as much adjustment was made for me, like you, but that will come for me in 3 days time at my next mapping session. Right now, I hear high-pitch beeping sounds and cannot make out anything. I'm trying not to be disappointed bec I know it takes time. Have a look at my CI activation video. How much has changed now since the activation? Thx:)

[ellenasl]

this is so cool, thank you for sharing :) i want to become an audiologist by the time i finish college. I'm fluent in ASL and would love to help people like you be able to hear better. and it's great to see you using sign language as well as oral, I think that's the best way! Thank you so much for sharing!!!! Good luck! :)

[MrVivianmum]

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[hancocklicata]

H0EYHEMP | December 11, 2010 | 8 likes, 0 dislikes

while removing cochlear implant, Doctor found green MOLD growing inside cochlear implant metal plate. I'm lucky to be alive today!!!

[jgards73]

My son is getting his surgery Nov 8th any suggestions?

[kalijasin]

@jgards73 I feel sorry for him.

[shiningdoves]

Do you regret getting your CI now?

[kalijasin]

@shiningdoves Some Deaf do. Some have even committed suicide. No one ever talks about that though.

[Tacitsoldier]

Great share - THANKS.

[harvestmoonfan1991]

is it a test before having cochlear???

[schanasweet]

did it cost anything to get Cochlear Implants?

I'm half deaf (moderate), I've got hearing aids, but I want Cochlear Implants, but it is worth it if I'm only half deaf?

hope you're doing well (:

[kalijasin]

@schanasweet Most insurances do not cover CI. 

[zuzeshi]

lip reading is hard.. especially when theres words/ phrases that have the same lip movements.

for example

"i love you"

"island view"

"olive juice"

[randomsplashlol]

im wondering how an implant would help my tinnitus and if i should get one

[kalijasin]

@randomsplashlol NO it wont. If anything it'll just make your tinnitus worse.

[stripepanther1989]

and hopefully my left. Problem is, I think that since I had the CI surgery, my cochlea is permanently damaged and will not be able to be repaired through stem cell. Oh well....there's hope!

And, good luck to you Contradica and have fun hearing your life :D

[kalijasin]

@stripepanther1989 CI destroys residual hearing. Whether its 1% or 50%, whatever amount, its gone forever once you are implanted. CI is an all or nothing.

[stripepanther1989]

Forgot to say that I have been deaf from birth as a result of Waardenburg Syndrome. I got the surgery at 6 years of age. I am now 20 years old. I do not sign and I almost never read lips. I am an excellent lip-reader though, I just don't need to. I speak 3 different languages too. I am also an ER nurse. I have a special program so that I can use the electronic stethoscope. I am currently anxiously waiting for the stem cell research to become available to the public so that I can do my right ear.

[birdiehelen]

@stripepanther1989

I'm very curious to your stethoscope solution!

What kind of program do you use? Do you use headphones? Or DAI? And do you have AB or Cochlear?

I'm a GP in training and just started to hear with CI's and looking for the rigth stethoscope solution!

Looking forward to your reaction!

[no00dylan]

how do you explain a sound to a deaf peson?

[Shareallicu]

Thank God for this technology to enable those who want to use them to have a choice to do so! :)

[superiorsullivan]

beautiful nails!!!!

[texaschick1111]

Congratulations!! That's soo cool!!! I am 15 not deaf but fluent in sign language and I love it.. I'm actually thinking of doing something with sign for my career! I LOVED watching it!!

[haydenman2]

does it have a ipod input

[stripepanther1989]

@haydenman2 The CIs typically come with a cable that you can hook into the back and plug into the iPod. I have a left ear Nucleus Freedom and I am a constant iPod user.

[LyricalCrusade93]

Nice, i got my implant when I was 2

[themasteriswatching]

Thanks for uploading this, I find implant technology interesting. Are you really 30? You looked my age (21) or maybe even younger in this video, haha.

[sjsamphex]

Sounds like I'm on helium... THAT's the description i was looking for to describe my hearing, haha

[Anabella1974]

Uh...the other woman is using sign language...duh! lol

[contradica]

@Anabella1974 There was no one signing to me, I was reading lips for the session. :) I actually sign more now than I did then.

[fetymann]

@contradica Wow, you're very good at lip reading. I hear 100% so I imagine it can be difficult to lip read everyone.

[xxovercastxx]

It seemed odd to me for her to ask you to describe what you are hearing (noise, static). I'm assuming you'd have never heard static before, so how would you even know if you were hearing static?

[contradica]

@xxovercastxx I wore a hearing aid for most of my life so I retained quite a bit of auditory memory prior to going completely deaf. I am able to associate with beeping, static, whirring sounds and what have you which helped in the long run in learning how to hear with a cochlear implant.

[broooziy]

i just come across your video, hope everything is going well for you :))

[Asdam12]

So how are the implants working for you now?

[contradica]

@Asdam12 My implants are doing wonderfully. I've gone bilateral and it has been a great experience. :)

[Asdam12]

@contradica Having 2 sources of sound is great, isn't it? (I'm actually hearing, if you didn't know that, I'm on my first year of sign language- it's very fun!) One wouldn't expect there to be a great difference, but there certainly is.

Another thing- Isn't sign language much faster than english?

[EvvyThomas]

@contradica You've gone bi? That's so HOT!!! :)

[Beauty4Aspies]

@contradica Can you hear music?

[totrav1]

for another good one,

type in prestonchao in the search box and it's the first video on the list

[Chevalier765]

How are you today? Can you give us some (good) news?

[Chevalier765]

At the beginning, you said that you don't hear her but you answered to all her questions.

i don't understand.

[contradica]

I was reading her lips. :)

[brianpaton]

@contradica Wow! Thats a really cool skill to have! Since you got your implant are you still able to read lips as well as you did before or are you out of practice?

[jsrcamp]

@Chevalier765 some body was probably off the screen doing ASL. and didn't want to be seen. or she reads lips really well. I had a friend that was deaf and he learned to read lips really well for the people that he came across that did not know ASL so he could communicate with them.

[andi2717]

Why can't she understand that we want a natural one and that we can't never say how we want it louder medium, lower.

[bootyesta]

I am profoundly Deaf use sign language, i am hoping gettin cochlear implant, hav to wait go to hospital next week, to have CT scan, to see if will be suitable, i wanna to hear, i can hear with my hearing aid, but i wanna to hear more expand... i hope i will get C.I

[masv2004]

search youtube: "rnl bio" +"hearing loss"

[leeloo2089]

Most deaf people are against it not only it can damaged your whatever hearing you have have left cause it their culture and people refuse to accept them so they refuse to blend in cause they have hearing loss Im for one is hard of hearing refusing to get implant cause my family refuse to learn ASL and things i need

[INNOCENT233]

you don't have the same sounds as before with CI? does anyone can tell me? I'll be at the same place very soon!!

[ry2k09]

I have a cochlear implant that has been activated and I went through the same things. Its all just noise and distorted you cant really make anything out apart from your own voice.

The problem with mine is they didnt put a magnet in to hold the external processor in place so they are doing that next week.

[Zeventwo]

I'm just curious, how was it to suddenly hear? How did it feel?

[ry2k09]

It doesnt quite work that way. You dont go from total silence to suddenly hearing. I think its kind of unique for everyone but for me it was just noise that didnt make sense. It also gave me a headache. The problem is I used to have perfect hearing so theres no telling if my brain will learn sounds over the coming years.

[pelerocco]

You know, I came across this video randomly and I am so amazed that she has made so much progress!

You should be proud of yourself :)

[olivejuiceandi]

i do understand why some deaf people are against CI. it is mainly because, most of them cant find anyting wrong with being deaf, for them its a culture, its way of living. its their choice, and they are entitled to it.

[oregonfan03]

@olivejuiceandi

Not entitled to judge those who do get CI's though, and unfortunately that happens very frequently.