# Amazing to watch... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204 "2011-09-30T22:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/1 "2011-09-30T22:39:17Z")
> **[WATCH: Deaf Woman Hears Herself For First Time](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sara-churman-deaf-woman_n_989220?1317407492=&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C100567)** > > WATCH: Deaf Woman Hears Herself For First Time This video almost brought tears to _my_ eyes. The sheer, unencumbered joy and amazement can be felt through this woman’s facial and body language. It really is something. ---
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/2 "2011-09-30T22:56:17Z")
It is fantastic but one thing I don’t understand: at the beginning the nurse says “Can you hear me?” and the girl has her hands over her eyes and nods yes. How did the girl know what “Can you hear me” would mean? She would have only used lip reading and sign language up to now no? She would have a vocabulary same as everyone but she wouldn’t know what the words actually sounded like when delivered in an aural form. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/3 "2011-09-30T22:59:07Z")
> **[hearing for the first time video: fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626262)** > > I actually used to know a decent amount of sign language because I had a deaf friend, so I am not entirely unfamiliar with deaf culture. I hate to be an internet person who cries “fake!” at everything, but I don’t understand how she could understand... Thread from earlier today. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/4 "2011-09-30T23:07:31Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > [hearing for the first time video: fake? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626262) > > Thread from earlier today. Hmm. Well, I was never commenting on anything specific as to whether she was completely or partially deaf, I was merely commenting on the seeming genuine nature of the video. It really does seem to be someone who is emotionally overwhelmed. ---
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/5 "2011-09-30T23:16:24Z")
Yeah that is clearly genuine and her happiness is infectious. It’s just that the headline of the article says: Sarah Churman, Deaf Woman, Hears Herself For First Time which is untrue. It’s not a criticism of her just of the newspaper (Huff Post) and makes you think about their standards ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/6 "2011-10-01T00:20:41Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > Hmm. Well, I was never commenting on anything specific as to whether she was completely or partially deaf, I was merely commenting on the seeming genuine nature of the video. It really does seem to be someone who is emotionally overwhelmed. No doubt. I’m at work and can’t look at the article/video anyway, so I can’t comment one way or the other. But I thought you might be interested to know there was a General Questions thread about the same video. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/7 "2011-10-01T00:28:57Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > Hmm. Well, I was never commenting on anything specific as to whether she was completely or partially deaf, I was merely commenting on the seeming genuine nature of the video. It really does seem to be someone who is emotionally overwhelmed. Totally. I just think you might find the impact of the video to be a little less if it was labeled “somewhat hard of hearing woman experiences improvement.” ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/8 "2011-10-01T04:12:33Z")
> **[The incredible moment a deaf baby hears his mother's voice for the very first...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1283703/Moment-deaf-baby-Jonathan-hears-mothers-voice-time.html)** > > Eight-month-old Jonathan, born death, had cochlear implants put in his ears so he could hear. This is the moment, caught on film by his father, that he heard his mother's voice for the first time. This one’s a bit better IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/9 "2011-10-01T15:35:15Z")
Yeah I really like those baby cochlear implant videos. That’s what I came in here to mention. Did you notice that this woman’s youtube video links directly to another one entitled “I’VE GOT THE WEIRDEST BONER RIGHT NOW” with three topless Asian chicks dancing with the arm braces that people with cerebral palsy use? And there’s a bunch of other weird dancing and stuff after that. It’s a bit like cirque du soleil with medical equipment. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-to-watch/598204/10 "2011-10-01T16:53:08Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.