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0:00:17 > 0:00:19THEY LAUGH
0:00:39 > 0:00:41LAUGHTER
0:04:09 > 0:04:11ALL: Yeah!
0:04:11 > 0:04:12WHISTLE BLOWS
0:04:27 > 0:04:29CHEERING
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Well done, men!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- LINESMAN:- Stay in the box. Thank you.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I'm going to learn sign language one day.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33HE CHEERS
0:05:36 > 0:05:39FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Well done, well done. Good game.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18THEY CHEER
0:07:11 > 0:07:13CAT MEOWS
0:13:30 > 0:13:33You've been a patient here for a long time, actually, haven't you?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Since you were quite small.- Yeah.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37So we know quite a bit about you.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Can I just check - do you think your hearing has changed at all
0:13:42 > 0:13:46throughout your life, or has it pretty much stayed the same?
0:13:59 > 0:14:03OK. Is that what's prompted you to come for the cochlear implant,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05or is it something that you've been thinking about?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- They're not mutually exclusive, are they?- Exactly.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43You could be part of both, really, yeah.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46What we'll do first of all is just do the speech tests
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- and get those done.- OK.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49And that can help to inform us
0:14:49 > 0:14:53about what the likely benefits of the implant would be.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55We'll just go into the other room.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- To begin with, a man is going to come on the screen.- OK.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07He's going to say a sentence and I want you to try and tell me
0:15:07 > 0:15:08what you think he said.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Don't worry about passing or failing this test.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15It's just a measurement of what you're doing now.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16OK.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- MAN:- Can you see the flock of sheep running across the field?
0:15:25 > 0:15:26OK.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Can you see the flock of sheep running across the field?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Do you think the ice on the roads will melt by this evening?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54What was the last word that you said then?
0:15:58 > 0:15:59"Than the TV," did you say?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06She has a cold.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13OK, that's fine, thank you.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16The next part of the test we're going to do
0:16:16 > 0:16:19is to try it when you can't see the face.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Which is probably going to be really difficult.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28It might be impossible, but we'll try it and see.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29'The postman shut the gate.'
0:16:33 > 0:16:35'They're looking at the clock.'
0:16:37 > 0:16:39'The bag bumps on the ground.'
0:16:42 > 0:16:43'The rain came down.'
0:16:45 > 0:16:47'The ice cream was pink.'
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Yeah, OK. We'll just go back into the other room,
0:16:54 > 0:16:55where we were before.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03So those tests are quite important, cos they can help us to think about,
0:17:03 > 0:17:08if you had a cochlear implant, how much better that would be.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13It has the potential to help you, but only a little bit.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15And the reason for that is because, really,
0:17:15 > 0:17:20the nerves of hearing haven't been stimulated normally
0:17:20 > 0:17:22all of your life,
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- particularly those high frequencies where you've never heard them.- Yep.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31So they're going to be a struggle for you and they are the things
0:17:31 > 0:17:35that people who have been deaf all their lives often tell us about.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37They're the things that they really find hard.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I think it's something that you really need to think quite carefully
0:17:41 > 0:17:43and quite hard about
0:17:43 > 0:17:47to decide... OK, it's going to give you a little bit of help,
0:17:47 > 0:17:48but then you've got to have an operation.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53You've got to have surgery with the risks that go with that.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59You're going to spend a year, or even potentially longer than that,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02trying to get the maximum benefit from the implant.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06And I don't want you to make a decision now,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09because we need to think a bit more carefully, as well,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13about whether we think the implant is the right thing for you.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16It's a two-way decision-making process, really.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50No, I do understand.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I've got tissues in here for you.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05I think, out there in the real world, it's really tough
0:19:05 > 0:19:10to be able to hear in the circumstances you're describing.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14When you're out with friends, when you're out in group situations,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18when you're out and lots of people are all talking at the same time,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23those situations are really tough when you can't hear 100%.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I suppose what I'm trying to get over to you in all of this
0:19:29 > 0:19:32is that, actually, if you have a cochlear implant,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36that's not going to transform those situations for you either.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39It might not suddenly transform things for you.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04HUSSEIN CHUCKLES
0:20:43 > 0:20:45LAUGHTER FROM BACK SEAT
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Hussein, Hussein.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Stupid, man!
0:21:02 > 0:21:04You don't understand...
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Hello, again.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- OK, heads for you.- OK.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Tails for you, OK?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Heads. Stay or change?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Stay? OK. You've got the ball.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Good luck.- Good luck.- Best of luck.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08- Best of luck.- Good luck.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43THEY SHOUT:
0:23:54 > 0:23:55WHISTLE BLOWS
0:24:00 > 0:24:02PLAYER ROARS
0:24:28 > 0:24:30FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Well played, man.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Hi!
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Who's Tina?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53- That's Tina.- Yep!
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Fiona.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Come, come.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Good.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18So about 40% of our women deliver in the pool.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25About 55% use the pool for labour.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Because sometimes...
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- TINA VIA INTERPRETER:- So in labour, but then they're born maybe outside.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Yes, that's 55... It depends on the mother, it depends on the baby,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41if the midwife is happy, if you're safe, then you're allowed to stay.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43If there's any issues and you come out,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I might at the end say I want to get out, who knows?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49My aim, yes, is to give birth in the pool, but we will see.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53OK, so if you're having difficulty pushing...
0:25:56 > 0:26:01..then we would recommend that you go on this marvellous love seat.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- OK!- I'll show you so that you know now...
0:26:07 > 0:26:10..and then in labour, you can just point and go if...
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Because even in pain, you might find even signing hard.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Because a lot of women that speak English don't talk...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32..because they're focused on the birth.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35So you can just go...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39But their ears are working,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42so they can hear what the midwife is saying, whereas with me,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I need to look at someone,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48so for me to lip-read during labour is impossible.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50But I can look and watch sign language
0:26:50 > 0:26:53as if someone could hear English.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56But for me, I wouldn't be able to lip-read throughout.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57So come.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00So this...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Very good.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07So, you, this way.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15It's like a love swing, eh?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18When the contractions come to push...
0:27:21 > 0:27:23..she holds on to this...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26..and... MIDWIFE MIMICS GROAN
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Do most women like using this? - Love it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37It's very comfortable.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42In between the contractions, she might want to rest,
0:27:42 > 0:27:43so that's why we...
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Then she can rest back and he, "Love, love, love".
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Very good.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54TINA LAUGHS That's perfect.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Right now, it's a little bit embarrassing to do it,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03but I guess when you're on the spot and you're in pain,
0:28:03 > 0:28:04you don't really care what you look like,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06you'll just get on and do whatever.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Lots of women, I think, like this,
0:28:09 > 0:28:14because the husband just sees the baby, rather than the vagina.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22I don't think he'll... I'm really not bothered.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- MARIOS VIA INTERPRETER:- I want to see if it's a boy or a girl -
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- I'll be pushing her out the way. - But then you'll be here.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Yeah, OK.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Oh, yes. I kept the two...
0:29:08 > 0:29:11And I'm like, "You're glasses?"
0:29:11 > 0:29:14And then I'm like, "OK, well, the sweets we'll bring..."
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Hooray!
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Yeah!
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Yes!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39No, no, no.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43No, ten.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Two o'clock, yes.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Yes.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05KIDS LAUGH
0:31:20 > 0:31:24You see, this is another reason why he was a boy.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Abigail Gorman.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40That's me.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- Probably best if you come and have a seat over there.- Lovely, thank you.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06Right, you've seen my colleague Professor Saeed already
0:32:06 > 0:32:10and you've had some tests and investigations done.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11We've had a chat about it
0:32:11 > 0:32:15and we think that you would get some benefit from the cochlear implant.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19We are happy to offer you a cochlear implant, if that's what you want.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22And it sounds as though that is what you want. OK?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28I know it's not going to make me become hearing...
0:32:30 > 0:32:33..but I know things will improve a little
0:32:33 > 0:32:36and that improvement is more than I would have without.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39If it only improves 5%,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43then that 5% is more than I would have had without.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45So I think for Professor Saeed,
0:32:45 > 0:32:49he may have a list available at the end of this month,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51if you're interested.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Yes. Um...OK.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- You mean this month?- Yes, 31st March, I think we're looking at.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- Oh, when do I need to let you know? - You can think about it, don't worry.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- Good.- Good.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10So come with me.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36Sorry?
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Very soft. It would make a lovely jumper, yeah.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45A lovely jumper.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Or scarf.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Hello.- Hi, is it Tina Costi?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34TINA VIA INTERPRETER: Yes, that's correct.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I'm Dr Rawra, I'm the registrar.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38The midwife was telling me that you were saying
0:38:38 > 0:38:40you couldn't feel Baby move, is that right?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Yeah, recently, the movements have become much less.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49It's gradually become less every week.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53And you came in ten days ago with reduced movements, as well?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Yes.- So this is now the second time?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03We can offer you induction of labour,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05where we start the labour process.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10You mentioned you're already getting Braxton Hicks.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Is that the pessary? - That's right, yes.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I wanted to ask you, does that mean
0:39:18 > 0:39:23I can't do the birthing pool if it's induced?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Yes, if you want to have the birthing pool,
0:39:25 > 0:39:28then it has to be low-risk.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- So that means you can't induce?- No.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34If we decide to induce,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36then we would recommend you're on labour ward.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- MARIOS VIA INTERPRETER:- Could I just have a brief talk with my wife?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Yeah, of course.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47I don't know whether I should interpret this or not.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53You've been worrying for ten days about less movements and everything
0:39:53 > 0:39:57and I do understand that you want to have the pool and everything,
0:39:57 > 0:39:59I know you want to do it naturally and everything,
0:39:59 > 0:40:02but if it's putting the baby at any risk...
0:40:02 > 0:40:07It's not an injection or anything to induce you. That's right?
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- To induce, it's not like an injection, is it?- No, no.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16It's a hormone pessary which goes inside the vagina
0:40:16 > 0:40:20and it stay there for 24 hours
0:40:20 > 0:40:23to soften the neck of the womb to start labour.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31But because we are introducing hormone, we have to monitor the baby
0:40:31 > 0:40:35to make sure that Baby's coping with the process
0:40:35 > 0:40:38and therefore the birthing pool is not appropriate.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Are you feeling Baby move now?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Then I would recommend today.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Yeah.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53I have something just here, like a little foot.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57I can feel a little foot or heel here, but that's it. That's it.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Then I would recommend today.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- OK. OK, fine.- Are you sure?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Yep. So no birth centre, sorry.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11It has to be labour ward.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- All right? OK.- Thank you.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16You're welcome.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18LOW CONVERSATION
0:43:21 > 0:43:25OK, so we've got a little boy who was born yesterday, the 24th.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27- TINA VIA INTERPRETER:- Yes.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30And other than yourselves, is there hearing loss in the family as well,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33permanent childhood hearing loss?
0:43:33 > 0:43:36You've got a show of hands! OK.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40- MARIOS VIA INTERPRETER: - My mother's side is hearing
0:43:40 > 0:43:42and father's side is deaf.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44With Tina - my mum's deaf...
0:43:46 > 0:43:50..but other deaf in the family, no. It's just myself and my mum.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53I don't think with my family it's linked to genetics.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57I don't know, but I've been told
0:43:57 > 0:43:59it's not a genetic thing with our family.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- So it'll be interesting to see what happens now with the baby.- OK.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38I'm happy to tell you Baby has clear responses on both ears.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42OK?
0:44:42 > 0:44:46So hearing is all OK and it's all done and finished for you,
0:44:46 > 0:44:47the hearing screening.
0:45:55 > 0:45:56Done?
0:45:59 > 0:46:00Let's go.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19It was the first part, just the painkiller first.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21The first part.
0:46:22 > 0:46:23There's two parts.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27You're feeling light-headed, yeah?
0:46:29 > 0:46:32OK, we'll see you in a couple of hours.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- Yes.- Sorry.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39See you in a couple of hours.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Feeling sick, yes? OK, I will give her...
0:48:38 > 0:48:39How are you feeling?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Hungry? Good.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Your supper is here.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Is it sore?
0:48:54 > 0:48:56The operation went very well,
0:48:56 > 0:48:57so that's the easy bit.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Now the real hard work starts.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04OK? Good. See you soon.
0:49:04 > 0:49:05- ABIGAIL:- Thank you very much.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Good? Good to go.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28I'm going to switch all of it on, OK?
0:49:29 > 0:49:37I want you to know that, initially, it might just sound like noise, OK?
0:49:37 > 0:49:39That's very normal, yeah?
0:49:39 > 0:49:42It's very normal that it won't make sense,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45that it will just be beeps or ringing, OK?
0:49:45 > 0:49:48It won't be like anything you've ever heard before,
0:49:48 > 0:49:50so there's nothing to expect.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53I don't want you to expect to understand me.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Today is just about getting comfortable
0:49:56 > 0:50:01with the noises that you hear, OK? Ready?
0:50:01 > 0:50:03OK.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04Switching on.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15OK.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17There we go, Abi.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Right. I'm just going to carry on talking
0:50:20 > 0:50:24while you listen to the sound of my voice.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29I want you to tell me, is it comfortable, or is it too loud?
0:50:31 > 0:50:33SHE MIMICS DISTORTED WARBLE
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Yeah? That's good, that's perfect.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38So...if you listen to that noise,
0:50:38 > 0:50:40where is that on the scale?
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Where do you think that is, is that comfortable?
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Is that comfortable? Is that very uncomfortable?
0:50:48 > 0:50:50SHE GUFFAWS Where is that?
0:50:55 > 0:50:57That's good, OK.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01I'm going to carry on talking while you listen to the noise, OK?
0:51:01 > 0:51:06Remember, you won't make sense of my voice yet,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09but the fact that you can hear these noises
0:51:09 > 0:51:10is a very good sign.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12You have a nice range...
0:51:12 > 0:51:17a nice access to a very wide range of sounds
0:51:17 > 0:51:21and your brain has to just interpret that
0:51:21 > 0:51:23and get used to that, OK?
0:51:23 > 0:51:25So what does it sound like?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36OK.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50It's almost like there's a pattern, isn't there?
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Every time I speak,
0:51:52 > 0:51:55there's a pattern of the sound that you're hearing,
0:51:55 > 0:51:59so the brain is starting to hear when I talk,
0:51:59 > 0:52:01it's starting to hear when you talk,
0:52:01 > 0:52:06and eventually it will interpret what we are saying.
0:52:06 > 0:52:07How do you feel?
0:52:18 > 0:52:20OK, that's good, that's good.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22So the brain is already adapting
0:52:22 > 0:52:24only a couple of minutes into the session
0:52:24 > 0:52:29and it's not as harsh as it was in the beginning, so that's good.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32OK. Right, just so you know,
0:52:32 > 0:52:35you've got manuals in here,
0:52:35 > 0:52:38but you've also got a DVD player with subtitles,
0:52:38 > 0:52:41so it explains everything about the process.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43So if you forgot everything that I said today,
0:52:43 > 0:52:46don't worry - you've got it all in here.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48OK. All yours.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Happy listening.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52You're welcome.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54All done.
0:52:54 > 0:52:55Right.
0:52:57 > 0:52:58Um, see how you go,
0:52:58 > 0:53:02but just listen and just experience the world out there.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Don't sweat too much.
0:54:21 > 0:54:22Hello, are you all right?
0:54:40 > 0:54:43WHISTLE BLOWS
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Come on, Uncle Marios!
0:56:04 > 0:56:06THEY CLAP
0:56:11 > 0:56:12WHISTLE BLOWS
0:56:50 > 0:56:52CROWD CHEERS
0:57:46 > 0:57:48CROWD APPLAUDS
0:57:56 > 0:57:57Hello!
0:58:11 > 0:58:12TINA CHUCKLES
0:58:24 > 0:58:26THEY LAUGH