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The Possibility of Hearing After Being Deaf All Your Life

2008-05-09T01:53:13Z

I just watched a documentary about a long-married couple, who, having both been deaf since birth, decided to get cochlear implants at the age of 65. Talk about amplifying possibility into reality. The husband adapted more readily than the wife,...

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Is It an Eye for an Eye...? Or a Tooth for an Eye...?

2008-02-28T15:05:56Z

57-year-old Irishman Bob McNichol was blinded two years ago when red-hot aluminum exploded in his face. This year, he's had his eye rebuilt using his son's tooth and regained some sight. Yes! They've put his son's TOOTH in his EYE. And he can...

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Brain Processes Real and Imagined Objects Differently

2007-07-28T16:25:29Z

A study conducted in 2002 at Vanderbilt University showed that two completely different parts of the brain are used when recognizing objects in the real world (ventral pathway) versus imagining them (dorsal pathway). When examined in the light o...

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Turning Possibility into Reality

2007-01-31T01:12:04Z

Yesterday I ran 8 miles for the first time in my life. In a row. Next week, I will run 10. And on February 18th, I will run a half marathon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As I reach each of these milestones, getting my body to do things it's nev...

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