Bellevue Reporter, September 11, 2015

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Suspect previously attempted to flee with sons to Taiwan BY ALLISON DEANGELIS BELLEVUE REPORTER

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Above: Audiologist Alexandra de Groot, left, attaches the external device to Rebekah Edelman’s cochlear implant behind her right ear. Below: Edelman is overwhlemed by the first sounds she hears with her implant.

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having it turned on Aug. 28, her journey isn’t over. She, like most cochlear implant recipients, will spend weeks, if not months, adjusting to sound and re-learning to hear and comprehend speech. Her hearing, or lack thereof, has played a significant role in Edelman’s life. As she matured and her hearing loss increased — first slowly, then rapidly — Edelman, 24, found herself staying quiet in social situations because she often couldn’t understand what was being said or keep pace with the conversation while trying to read lips. Everyday interactions with her boyfriend, her family and customers at her job as an assistant manager at a Dollar Tree were difficult, she said. “In the real world, a lot of patients fake it — They’ll nod or say yes, or they just won’t engage in the conversation. There will be situations they will avoid, social situations, a lot of times. You can

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The first sounds are sharp, almost abrasive, higher pitched than any sounds she’s been able to hear in years. Listening to the audiologist speak, and then her boyfriend, she cringes at the pitch before remarking that they sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. Thus are Rebekah Edelman’s first minutes of ‘hearing’ again. After close to a decade of hearing loss before being declared legally deaf, Edelman received a cochlear implant at Overlake Hospital on July 31. Despite

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only compensate so much before it affects your life,” said Dr. Trac Duong, Edelman’s surgeon. Even though she grew up with full hearing for most of her life, the inability to hear herself has led to a slight deterioration of her speech. “It all just happened so fast, but I could tell her speech was changing a little bit, too,” her mother, Kari Edelman, said.

Washington State University-Bellevue College may still be in the conception phase, but the institution seems to have already decided on a motto: “That’s part of an ongoing discussion.” The phrase was oft-repeated as an answer to questions posed during a public forum featuring representatives from Bellevue College and Washington State University on Sept. 8 and 9 to discuss the potential partnership between the two.

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An allegedly erratic Calif. woman, who had previously attempted to abduct her two sons and flee to Taiwan, is being investigated for kidnapping the two boys, who are Bellevue residents. The Los Angeles Sheriff ’s office and the Bellevue Police Department are asking the public for help in locating 41-year-old Faye Ku and her sons Sage Cook and Isaac Cook. Her youngest son, Zephyr Ku, may also be with them. “There is a warrant for the mother’s arrest for the abduction of these kids, and that our detective is working with our federal partners on attempting to contact the boys and their mother,” said

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