Recently, a video of a woman and her child having an emotional conversation online appeared. Nearly 900,000 viewers saw the baby’s reaction to hearing his mother for the first time.

Christina, who struggled with whether or not to upload the footage to social media, is the video’s heroine. In an effort to demonstrate to people how hearing aids might assist in treating deafness, she finally found the courage to share it.

When Christina’s infant son heard his mother’s voice on the video, he was comfortably sleeping in her arms, but soon after, his expression changed noticeably. The infant responded to his mother’s voice and was filled with delight when he heard her.

The infant’s ears were fitted with an audio gadget to help him adjust to his new environment. Christina highlights in the video’s title that a hearing aid is not a magic wand that can cure hearing loss right away.

However, the technology allowed her daughter to hear her, which was a big deal for their family.

This touching scenario brought the spectators to tears. The movie made people aware that hearing aids are instruments, not cures. Although hearing aids cannot completely restore hearing loss, they do allow users to hear sounds they have never heard before.