"The social media is the best": Live video of woman's hearing implant being switched on.
Remember last week when we followed Eleanor Day's live-tweeted hearing restoration surgery? When we left, the 79-year-old was "ready to party" immediately upon waking up from the anesthesia after her cochlear (inner ear) implant was put in.
Today she returns to the hospital, and they're going to activate the device.
The social media team at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle is doing a live-stream of the event. If all goes well, Mrs. Day will be able to hear without her hearing aids for the first time in five years. Her husband of 60 years will be there to lend his voice to the occasion.
"Stories are what people feel connected to and can learn the best from," explains Dana Lewis, the Digital Media and eHealth Strategist for Swedish. By inviting the world, and specifically other deaf patients and their families, to share Mrs. Day's experience, the medical staff hopes to demystify the hearing restoration process.
Update: "It sounds absolutely wonderful."
