Stuart's sequential cochlear implant activation

[@yrd4snd]

Congratulations, Stuart... I get my second one activated tomorrow.... Thank you for making this video.... it gives me something to really look forward too. I have had my first one since Feb. 1999. I am looking forward to hearing on both sides again..... Good luck to you!!!

[@starviotful]

Congrats Stuart!! May God bless you and your family! :)

[@Silvio67]

It's so awesome that he has the accent . Congrats to Stuart

[@Charlton_Kekston]

Wow you even has an English accent, amazing!

[@gfaehu23]

Well done Stuart! You're an inspiration! You're a very strong person! Thank you!

[@caramelcoloredk-poplover554]

i cant stop crying! i want to hug you!!!!

[@mzt7249]

How fantastic! Thanks for sharing your story.

[@BeverlyLodge]

Wow...! How could anyone think to bully someone so drop dead gorgeous?! Congrats!!! Seriously, though - sooo handsome, yikes!!! (cheers to the lucky partner ;)

[@stuartmcnaughton2695]

Beverly Lodge *blush*

[@BeverlyLodge]

Stuart McNaughton Ha! I'm glad you replied because it made me watch this again. I really do find you so smashingly attractive, thank you so much for making me smile! For those of you able-hearing peeps reading this, youtube what a cochlear implant actually sounds like to "normal" ears. It is a rather metallic, robotic group of sounds. It's actually quite amazing how one who has never heard sounds can learn to process and differentiate between various vibrations and pitch in order to understand and remember what they actually mean. My true hope is that one day, implants will be so awesomely bionic that they can at least bring forth the true representation of music (if not somehow enhance the experience of listening to it!) - but Stuart, knowing that at least you can FEEL the vibrations of music and can relate to the various levels of those sounds makes me grateful we live in this age. I was lucky to grow up in an era where we were actually taught sign language in grade school (a little bit), and these days schools no longer teach cursive! Isn't that something??! Cheers and message me anytime!

[@Plathianloner]

So happy for you!!

[@supreme7613]

Good job sir! I just had ci operaation myself last monday and i will have soundtest at 10 november this year. So looking forward for it. I lost my hearing one year ago. So i think i will learn it fast how to listen again but it might be different then last time.

[@stuartmcnaughton2695]

Supreme761 So, so, so, sorry for my lack of reply. I didn't know you could leave comments on KZbin! This is great. How is life with your CI.

[@tunahump143]

I like the beginning captions ... however it made me uncertain if there was sound that I was not hearing or not... please edit with talk before even if myself cant hear ( hearing inspired as well , maybe this treatment is for me dunno yet)

[@miniskirt9738]

Hi! Did you use Cued Speech during speech therapy as a child ?

[@tunahump143]

dunno yet .. I could benefit from personally.. however its hard enough getting a corporate job when they cant see hearing aids... but they don't realize that the company insurance wont cover and is not effected as its considered cosmetic.... I will need that job to be able to pay for the procedure but don't get job because of aids despite degrees and experience...AND im in senior care field? what better to help the transition than one with actual experience??? carrollton/plano if can help me help them ( degree in gerontology as well as behavioral analysis.. experience in hospice as well former qmrp).. help pls .......... have been forced into retail work because you don't hire deaf

[@patgarrett2152]

Serious question! Are more in the deaf community deciding that being able to hear is a great advantage, and more are getting the implant?? I have read that there are many against it. Why are they against it?

[@TheCochlearImplantCoach]

I don't have any statistics to say if more people in the deaf community are choosing cochlear implants, but awareness is increasing all the time so it's natural, I suppose, that some people from that community will consider cochlear implants. As to why they are against, this is a question you might want to post on HearingJourney.com maybe?? I'm not culturally deaf, so I can't really answer this question.

[@steam_vortex2608]

Stuart McNaughton Has the sound quality of the device improved over time since you've used it?

[@stuartmcnaughton2695]

STEAM_Vortex Very much so. It takes time. I listened to audio books and read lyrics from song sheets while listening to music.

[@candicemacy1887]

Caption this, the youtube captions don't work, I don't understand what is happening. :(

[@stuartmcnaughton2695]

candice macy Sorry about this. A friend of mine promised to do this, but she didn't in the end. I don't know how to do substitled. ;-(

[@311i0t]

how does he speak english so well for someone who was deaf? i don't really get it

[@OhWanya]

did you read in the start?

[@Agueda26]

Its a matter of speech therapy and lip reading through the years. It's hard hard work not every deaf person does it

[@robbrady3086]

Aggy C so true, hearing people assume all Deaf can lip read AKA speech read with ease. My best friend is deaf and he went through years and years of speech therapy and still struggles with lip reading.

[@foster5599]

Rob Brady well in school im learning sign :o

[@stuartmcnaughton2695]

311i0t I already have an implant in my left ear for 13 years before I got this second one.

[@Swampzoid]

Awesomeness !

[@DBXPRODUCER]

Przeciez to macie rozpoerdol

[@ppganselmo]

handsome man!

[@DBXPRODUCER]

No my fajni oczy

[@virtualoriginal]

Stuart’s kinda hot