Boy hears his dad for the first time!

[Phil]

Aww that's so amazing. Think my heart just melted a little

[peteyt]

Oddly there are factions of the deaf community who've condemned these advancements as being some sort of attack on deaf people, but I can't personally understand how giving someone a better quality of life with no real infringement on anyone can be anything but a great thing. Some people just love complaining and playing victim I think

Quite a while back a former (I think) eastender actress was in the paper upset because she wanted this treatment for her child and couldn't understand why people could hate her for wanting it. At the end of the day it should be about what's best for the child over anything and the ability for the child to hear if possible is going to be nothing but a good thing and a handy thing.

[FlyingJesus]

I quite agree; if a deaf person doesn't like the idea of it they are under no obligation to take part in any treatment, but they shouldn't hinder anyone else from doing so. These things are in my mind genuine miracles of science and should be embraced by all who wish to make use of it. In a similar vein of scientific method I saw the other day that there's been a selectively bred "virus" which kills off the impairments to certain types of cataracts and such which can then make blind people able to see, absolutely amazing stuff

[-:Undertaker:-]

I have seen a few of these, wonderful isn't it?

The next thing to look forward to will be progress in regrowing nerves for disabled/paralysed people - which is hopefully just around the corner.

[Daltron]

that made me happy