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We have someone very special who wanted to share in the experience.
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Take a look behind you and you will see our special guest,
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Marlee Matlin!
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[cheers and applause]
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You know, Ty, thanks to all the crew at Extreme Makeover Home Edition
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and to everybody here at Starkey, especially Bill Austin,
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to make this day possible.
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You guys are all rock stars.
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When I heard what the episode was going to be about,
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and it was the Oregon School for the Deaf.
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It had to do with the kids getting hearing aids, I said,
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You know what? I'm there. I'm there.
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It was a no-brainer for me.
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Sound is on. Here comes sound right now.
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Can you hear good?
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[applause]
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Bill came to me with the hearing aids, I was really shocked.
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I felt a little bit free. I was inspired.
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You know, because I could hear.
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We'll teach you all about it. So you'll go home and be real confident with your hearing aid.
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It takes time for the sound to come in and the brain to recognize what it's hearing.
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But he'll get it. He'll train into it.
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(mother) Lucas, I love you.
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Ohhh.
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When I put on my hearing aid, I heard my mom say, I love you.
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I mean, it was working. I could hear it.
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It was a surreal experience.
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We've built a lot of houses, and I've changed a lot of lives,
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but I'
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But I've never seen anybody hear for the first time.
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To hear your mom or dad say I love you, and I'm proud,
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to hear that is just, [sniff], pretty awesome.
