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heard sound, they
have a lot worse chances of
acquiring normal language
skills than someone like Sheila
who has been implanted early.
So the trend is to try to
implant as early as possible.
SHEILA: I want to point out that
I may have been implanted when
I was 3 years old,
but I didn't start
speaking until I was
about 5 years old.
And I didn't start
learning math or learning
how to read until I was 7
years old, so I was really
delayed back then.
PROFESSOR: Did you
have a question?
AUDIENCE: So I was
just wondering, are you
like reading my lips right now?
SHEILA: Yes, I am.
So the way it works, I
have to see people's face,
like how to read their lips, and
I listen too at the same time.
I could read your lips alone,
but maybe not 100% accurate.
Or, if I don't look at you
lip, and listen to you,
maybe not really
understandable, so it's
like I have to read lips
and listen at the same time
in order to understand you.
PROFESSOR: But if you don't
read lips, for example,
in situations like
talking on the telephone,
can you understand
someone on the telephone?
SHEILA: It depends
on the person.
If I'm familiar with your voice,
like I know my dad's voice.
I can understand
him pretty well,
but if I'm talking to a stranger
on the phone, then maybe not.
And also, don't forget, there's
a lot of background noises,
so that makes it harder for me
to hear people on the phone.
PROFESSOR: When I-- let's say
about 10 years ago in my lab,
I hired a research assistant
who used a cochlear implant,
and she wanted me to
shave off my mustache.
It was because she had
a little trouble reading
my lips with my mustache.
Now, my wife also has told