I was mentioned in Parliament recently regarding the speech I did for the Ear Science Institute. This is a direct quote from the Legislative Council Statement by Hon Liz Behjat, Tuesday 14 May 2013:
"A number of speakers spoke about their experiences. One of the most amazing people was Jane Goodfellow, a 39-year-old woman who was born with single-sided deafness. Three and a half years ago, very suddenly, in the course of one day, Jane went completely deaf. She said it was the scariest thing that had ever happened to her. She woke one morning feeling a bit strange and by the end of the day could actually hear nothing at all and was obviously very scared.
She then became a patient of Professor Marcus Atlas. She said to him that her two biggest fears in life were being eaten by a shark and going completely deaf. His advice was, "Well, don't go swimming because your hearing is not coming back". She then received a cochlear implant from ESIA, and her hearing has now returned".
