What is it like to hear for the first time?
Your reaction to the story of a deaf woman who heard for the first time at the age of 40.
A video of a deaf woman from the north of England hearing for the first time has been the most viewed on the BBC website today. The footage was filmed as a nurse read the days of the week to the 40-year-old, who had never before heard sound. On WHYS we will be talking to people who have had similar experiences to find out what it meant to them
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Hearing for the first time
Duration: 03:02
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- Fri 28 Mar 201418:06GMTBBC World Service Online
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