Woman Who Was Born Deaf Now Complains Her Husband Eats Too NOISILY After Surgery [PHOTOS]

 

Mother-of-three Louise Windsor was born deaf and has spent the last four decades in virtual silence.

Now, after surgery to install cochlear implants - small devices that are fitted beneath the skin that provide a sense of hearing to a person who is deaf - she is able to hold conversations again.

The 41-year-old, from Bristol, is overjoyed at being able to hear birds and music for the first time - but admits she gets irritated by other things.

She has even started complaining that her husband Mark, 41, has the TV on too high a volume and chews his food too loudly.

A touching video captured the moment Mrs Windsor's cochlear implants were turned on.

 

A doctor asks 'Can you hear your own voice' and she replies 'yes', appearing calm.

'Does my voice sound any different?,' her husband Mark asks.

She pauses for a moment, then turns her head away from the camera, overwhelmed with emotion.

As she bursts into tears, a doctor hands her a tissue and she wipes tears from her eyes.

‘I can hear now,’ she says ‘I can pick up on things.’

 

Cochlear implants cannot restore normal hearing but they can give a deaf person a good representation of sounds, helping them understand speech.

Mrs Windsor, a dinner lady, said:

    'I can hear birds outside, I can hear an aeroplane and even my dishwasher.
    'It’s emotional hearing my husband’s voice. It has changed my life.
    'At first it was hard and took a while to get used to people talking but now I can hear most things.
    'I've always lip read so I still do that naturally.'

Her husband says while he is thrilled his wife can hear, he is already being told he eats too noisily - and has the TV up too loud.

    'If you're eating a packet of crisps it does her head in,' he said.

    Now we find she is the one telling us to keep it down - when I have Coronation Street on she'll turn the volume down.'

Mr Windsor said it was a special moment when they left hospital and she could hear for the first time.

    'We were sat outside having coffee and she could hear birds in the trees and a car 200 yards away.

    'Everyone - friends and family - are all so pleased for her.'

Culled from DailyMailUK