If you're feeling a little sad 2

[Rhianne]

I heard only a few months back about an old couple who had both been deaf for their whole lives receiving surgery (I'm sorry, I couldn't guess if it was the same or similar to this woman) and hearing for the first time. The old guy adapted well but his wife struggled after the initial joy and became near traumatised and unable to sleep by the constant noise that she had lived her life without - traffic, neighbours, birds, the occasional aeroplane flying overhead, etc. - until eventually the surgery had to be reversed rendering deaf, but happy, once more.