A Youtube video about a 29 year old woman hearing herself for the first time is becoming viral on the internet. After 29 years, Sloan Churman hears her voice and everything else around her. She was born with a congenital ear problem. With the lack of follicles in her middle ear to help transmit the sound waves to her brain, it caused her to be deaf since birth.This video has circulated vastly that it has appeared on several news and television shows like NBC's 'Today Show', Ellen Show, NBC News San Francisco, My Fox Houston, Fox and Friends and many others. Sloan, a wife and a mother of two felt amazing hearing her daughters speak and laugh and even hearing her husband snore on the first night that she had the Esteem implant turned on.The Esteem implant cost $30,000 and was not covered by insurance. Her mother-in-law cashed her retirement pay in advance to provide get her the money to do the surgery. On Sloan's T.V guesting at Ellen's Show, Envoy Medical, the company who created the hearing implant gave the $30,000 back and promised to give her second Esteem implant for free! According to Ellen, families should not have a hard time getting a technology like this.Because of the viral video Esteem implant by Envoy Medical did rank high in popularity. Even the well respected ear surgeon, Dr. Michael Glasscock who had suffered from hearing loss for years was amazed after the device was turned on. It allowed him to do the things that he has not done for quite a long time like swimming. It also made his profession even better for him because now he can finally hear what his patients are saying properly without the need to lip-read.Esteem hearing implant is a device that should be surgically implanted at the back of your ear. It is placed in the subcutaneous area, right in the middle of the bone and the skin. No part of the device will be seen externally and since the incision is made at the back of the ear, there will be no obvious signs of scarring. Unlike hearing aids, Esteem implants do not amplify sound but will help you hear better by facilitating in sending the sound waves and electrical impulses toward the brain. With the implant, the person with the hearing impairment can hear the sound clearly and without any disturbance or static.
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