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From Silence to Sound

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In the United States, more than 20 million people are either deaf or hard of hearing. Justin Garrett is among them. At age 27, he takes a chance on a risky surgery in hopes of hearing for the first time in his life.

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Closeup of a toddler looking away from camera. Caption. About development and language skills.
45 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT -
Closeup of a doctor fitting a hearing aid around the back of a man's ear. Caption. Narrator. The microphone that will act as Eli's ear.
22 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT -
Senior man looks at a senior woman. Both smile at each other. Caption. For so long, language for Mom and Dad.
1 hours 23 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup on face of senior woman wearing glasses and pursing her lips. Caption. The tears were just streaming down my cheeks.
44 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT -
Young boy wearing glasses and a red tee-shirt leans his elbows on a clipboard on a table while looking over at a woman in a purple shirt and glasses. She touches his back while writing on a paper in front of her. Caption. Say it again.
Our Special Life
Episode 6
4 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person with a device attached to their head behind and above their ear and a wire leading to a device that is affixed to the back of their ear. Caption: It's called a cochlear implant, and it helps me hear.
Science Nation
Episode 79
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Child holds up a finger like she's making the number 1 while looking up and away from camera. Caption. At five, she's already fluent in sign language.
1 hours 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Seated man, right hand is front of him with fingers like a gun. Caption. I changed my mind. I wanted to give them the opportunity to be happy.
32 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Digital color illustration of how the cochlear implant attaches to the inside of the human ear. Caption. The electrodes deliver a spectrum of sound impulses.
50 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT -
Person reaches a hand towards a smiling young girl. A wire from her right ear is visible. Caption. She would now hear using her cochlear implant.
27 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT -