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Watch the Emotional Moment a 40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears for the First Time

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Joanne Milne has been deaf since birth due to a condition called Ushers Syndrome. She was fitted with cochlear implants, and her friend Tremayne recorded this video of the first time they were switched on and uploaded it to YouTube. We dare you not to cry.

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