Published On:Saturday, March 29, 2014
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Joanne Milne's Implants are turned on and she hears for the first time
As her doctor said the days of the week out loud to her, Joanne Milne sobbed and shook.
Milne, 40, suffers from a rare condition called Usher Syndrome. She was born deaf, but recently received bilateral cochlea implants.
Her friends captured the moment she heard sound for the first time on video and posted it to YouTube.
"The switch-on was the most emotional and overwhelming experience of my life and I'm still in shock now. I have to learn to recognize what these sounds are as I build a sound library in my brain," Miline told the U.K. Journal.
"Hearing things for the first time is so emotional from the ping of a light switch to running water. I can't stop crying and I can already foresee how it's going to be life changing."
Milne also listened to music for the first time. Her first song was John Lennnon's Imagine.
Her friend, Tremayne Crossley, made Milne an introduction to music playlist with one song for each year of her life.
