0:00:00.601,0:00:02.536 Is all of this really loud right now? 0:00:02.536,0:00:04.171 Yes! Amazingly! 0:00:04.171,0:00:07.082 I would imagine that all of a sudden, in everything, 0:00:07.082,0:00:09.643 the smallest thing must be really loud. 0:00:09.643,0:00:11.478 Yes. 0:00:11.478,0:00:16.091 So, first of all, it was the most moving thing that I had ever seen. 0:00:16.091,0:00:19.253 To experience that, 0:00:19.253,0:00:21.222 and this is just a week old, right? 0:00:21.222,0:00:22.256 Yes, ma'am. 0:00:22.256,0:00:23.691 Eight days. 0:00:23.691,0:00:27.962 Explain to me what it is- you were born with- 0:00:27.962,0:00:29.330 what is it exactly? 0:00:29.330,0:00:32.699 My parents' DNA together caused the 0:00:32.699,0:00:35.502 hairs in my ear not to form. 0:00:35.502,0:00:37.175 Those hairs are what transmit the sound waves 0:00:37.175,0:00:38.672 to your brain. 0:00:38.672,0:00:39.473 Wow! 0:00:39.473,0:00:40.407 It's just that simple- 0:00:40.407,0:00:41.842 just not having the hairs in your ear- 0:00:41.842,0:00:43.777 that's incredible. 0:00:43.777,0:00:45.023 Yes! 0:00:45.023,0:00:48.382 I don't understand how clearly you're speaking. 0:00:48.382,0:00:49.617 I mean, you sound like- 0:00:49.617,0:00:53.087 usually there's a little bit of a speech impediment 0:00:53.087,0:00:55.472 because you don't hear clearly, how words are pronounced. 0:00:55.472,0:00:56.791 How are you speaking so clearly? 0:00:56.791,0:00:59.293 I get asked that all the time. 0:00:59.293,0:01:02.856 Honestly I just accredit it to deaf education school, 0:01:02.856,0:01:04.264 speech therapy. 0:01:04.264,0:01:07.668 I'm a big talker and just like to talk a lot. 0:01:07.668,0:01:08.802 I love to read. 0:01:08.802,0:01:10.671 I just read anything I can get my hands on. 0:01:10.671,0:01:13.574 I have a passion for English and grammar. 0:01:13.574,0:01:16.343 I excelled in those subjects oddly enough. 0:01:19.051,0:01:20.702 When you- 0:01:20.702,0:01:22.918 by the way if you want to read a book this is a good one- 0:01:22.918,0:01:25.019 I started [reading it] in the green room! 0:01:25.019,0:01:28.956 So, other than obviously your children- 0:01:28.956,0:01:30.191 you have- how old are your children? 0:01:30.191,0:01:31.696 My oldest will be four next month 0:01:31.696,0:01:33.393 and my youngest is twenty months old. 0:01:33.393,0:01:35.362 So you're hearing them for the first time. 0:01:35.362,0:01:36.897 Hearing them, yes. 0:01:36.897,0:01:38.632 Their voices. 0:01:38.632,0:01:41.301 And that must have been obviously something you 0:01:41.301,0:01:44.371 would be waiting to hear what that sounds like. 0:01:44.371,0:01:46.106 Your husband, of course, Sloan. 0:01:46.106,0:01:49.243 What other sounds did you imagine? 0:01:49.243,0:01:52.413 What sounds did you think about hearing? 0:01:52.413,0:01:53.714 Like music, even. 0:01:53.714,0:01:55.055 Hearing music clearly. 0:01:55.055,0:01:57.485 The rain, thunder, birds. 0:01:57.485,0:02:01.649 Things that normal people wouldn't think about hearing- 0:02:01.649,0:02:03.324 my husband snoring. 0:02:03.324,0:02:04.891 *Audience laughter* 0:02:04.891,0:02:06.159 Yourself laughing, you know. 0:02:06.159,0:02:06.851 Things like that. 0:02:06.851,0:02:09.596 Speaking of your husband, Sloan- hi! 0:02:11.673,0:02:13.306 This is incredible. 0:02:13.306,0:02:16.103 And now she knows you snore. 0:02:16.103,0:02:18.705 You got away with it for years! 0:02:18.705,0:02:19.974 But you snore. 0:02:19.974,0:02:22.443 Yeah, but I think she only experienced it one time 0:02:22.443,0:02:23.844 and then click turned it off! 0:02:23.844,0:02:26.347 I see, I see. 0:02:26.347,0:02:28.415 She's not going to be subject to that anymore. 0:02:28.415,0:02:30.885 Well, you probably love hearing him snore. 0:02:30.885,0:02:32.786 That's probably- it's going to wear off. 0:02:32.786,0:02:34.421 Oh it already wore off. 0:02:34.421,0:02:35.589 It wore off the first night. 0:02:35.589,0:02:36.857 I see, I see! 0:02:36.857,0:02:39.726 This is Sloan's mother- your mother-in-law, Larry. 0:02:39.726,0:02:43.764 And Larry, I think has to be the best mother-in-law 0:02:43.764,0:02:46.266 that I've ever heard of. 0:02:46.266,0:02:48.902 The procedure costs thirty thousand dollars. 0:02:48.902,0:02:50.270 Per ear. 0:02:50.270,0:02:51.572 So you've had one. 0:02:51.572,0:02:54.708 And you couldn't afford it, and you gave them 0:02:54.708,0:02:55.509 the money. 0:02:55.509,0:02:56.844 Yes, I did. 0:02:56.844,0:02:58.546 When the girls came along- 0:02:58.546,0:03:06.787 *Audience applause* 0:03:06.787,0:03:09.256 Sarah is the best daughter-in-law in the world. 0:03:09.256,0:03:12.331 When this device became available- 0:03:12.331,0:03:14.661 I'm not wealthy at all. 0:03:14.661,0:03:17.718 We should say you cashed in your retirement to do this. 0:03:17.718,0:03:19.332 I did. I cashed in a small retirement fund 0:03:19.332,0:03:20.667 that I had. 0:03:20.667,0:03:31.882 It's not covered- your insurance does not cover this either. 0:03:31.882,0:03:33.347 That's why you had to borrow the money. 0:03:33.347,0:03:34.381 Yes. 0:03:34.381,0:03:36.433 I don't think that a family should struggle like this, 0:03:36.433,0:03:37.517 financially. 0:03:37.517,0:03:39.953 With something this important. 0:03:39.953,0:03:42.255 So we have a little gift for you. 0:03:42.255,0:03:44.891 Our friends at Envoy Medical Corporation, 0:03:44.891,0:03:46.893 the company that actually supplied you with 0:03:46.893,0:03:48.161 the original implant, 0:03:48.161,0:03:51.164 will not only give you the next one for free, 0:03:51.164,0:03:53.477 but they are going to give you thirty thousand dollars 0:03:53.477,0:03:54.902 to pay you back. 0:03:54.902,0:04:06.814 *Audience applause* 0:04:06.814,0:04:08.615 Thank you! 0:04:08.615,0:04:29.336 Come on down! 0:04:29.336,9:59:59.000 I'm so happy to have helped!