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Legally Deaf NFL Player (08:26)

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the most common sensory disorder, hearing loss. Former Seattle Seahawk Derrick Coleman, who is legally deaf, holds a football camp at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, Washington. He explains how he has adapted to his hearing impairment.

Development of Language in Infants (06:06)

Gupta explains how the ear registers soundwaves. Cognitive neuroscientist Laura-Ann Petitto recalls teaching American Sign Language to Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee. She also explains how she uses Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy to study how babies learn how to communicate.

Auditory Brainstem Implants (08:27)

Some hearing loss patients can benefit from cochlear implants, but not 5-year-old Caiden Moran, who was born without cochleae. He wears an experimental auditory brainstem implant, and he is relearning how to communicate now that he can hear.

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Breaking Down the Sound Barrier

Part of the Series : Vital Signs
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When Derrick Coleman was growing up, kids called him "Four Ears." He couldn't hide his bulky hearing aids, and he could not hear without them. So he drowned out the bullies and focused on the one thing he felt leveled the playing field: football. Coleman became a Super Bowl champion with the Seattle Seahawks. Vital Signs explore the most common sensory disorder, hearing loss, which affects 360 million people worldwide. From revolutionary research about the brain's relationship with sign language, to the next generation of hearing implants for children, see how people around the world are breaking down the sound barrier.

Length: 24 minutes

Item#: BVL187407

ISBN: 978-1-64623-302-1

Copyright date: ©2015

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