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Emotional moment deaf couple hear each other for the first time in 12 YEARS of marriage thanks to cochlear implants (it’s a shame they don’t like each other’s voices!) Neil and Helen Robinson, who have been deaf since birth, wed 12 years agoSince then, they've communicated through sign language and lip readingIn January they had their cochlear implants turned on after becoming the first-ever couple to receive implants at the University of SouthamptonThe emotional moment the devices were switched on was captured on videoThe implants will now have to be fine-tuned and it is not clear how much hearing they will eventually recover
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