Lauren Wright is 12. She was profoundly deaf. The implant allowed her to resume her musical career. I just lost control of the high notes. And admittedly you have to get your blowing right, and it's either you play the high notes or the low notes, and I didn't know which one I was playing.
Simple sounds assume greater importance to people suffering deafness.
Jennie Brand-Miller is an Association Professor at Sydney University, and went gradually deaf over 30 years. The implant made a huge difference. I was sitting there by myself when I thought, 'what's that noise'. And that was such a lovely, lovely sound to someone who is deaf. But the nicest things I hear are things like music and just being able to hear people on the telephone is really wonderful.