Endearing tweet about a deaf baby being able to hear for the first time:

[femmocrat]

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

1. I saw that earlier. I marval at the reseach needed to get his done. And the babe's

facial expressions were so moving.

[femmocrat]

2. Hooray for science!

I love that baby's expression, too. So sweet.

[JNelson6563]

3. Could this be any more fabulous?

I submit that it could not!

[tblue37]

4. Precious. I wear hearing aids in both ears. Thank goodness for the science that

keeps improving the technology! My first aids (analog) in the 1990s barely helped. My digital aids help much more, but still not enough. However, the technology does get better, so in the future, one can hope hearing aid tech will help the hearing compared as much as glasses help most who are near- or far-sighted.

[femmocrat]

5. I hope so too, tblue37.

I couldn't tell from the clip, but I thought I detected a British accent. I wonder if this technology was a result of government-backed research -- which the drumpf administration is trying to cut in this country.

[tblue37]

7. My favorite line about hearing aids is this one:

My hearing aids help me hear about as well as Grandma's walker helps her run.

[hunter]

6. How do so many people lose that sense of wonder?

A baby experiencing something new and wonderful smiles... Yet there are so many adults in this world who are incurious and recoil from, and then reject, wonders of this universe they do not understand.

[nolabear]

8. I've seen this before and still cried for joy.

Radio Lab did a great podcast recently on sound, music and language. One of the studies they reported on had found (not surprisingly) that parents' tonalities when talking to their babies is the same the world over. The rises and falls to encourage and connect, to soothe, to correct are the same. Hearing that mom do that and her child hear and naturally respond for the first time just...chills and happy tears.

[JudyM]

9. Another "wavelength" for deeper connection to our humanity.

Chills and happy tears here, too!