VIDEO: Woman hears for the first time after implants turned on

A 40-year-old UK woman, deaf from birth, has her cochlear implants turned on. Kleenex at the ready.

VIDEO: Woman hears for the first time after implants turned on
Wed, 26 Mar, 2014 - 15:28
Conor Hallahan

This clip of a UK woman hearing for the first time in her life will melt your heart.

Forty-year-old Joanne Milne - Jo to her friends - from Gateshead had surgery last month to install cochlear implants.

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