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I Learned To Speak First, And Then To Sign. I Have Never Really Known What It Was Like To Hear, So I Cant Compare Hearing Aids To Normal Hearing.

What Parent Has It Easy? I Just Never Make The Difficulty Of It An Obstacle. I Just Do It.

The Handicap Of Deafness Is Not In The Ear; It Is In The Mind.

I Have Always Resisted Putting Limitations On Myself, Both Professionally And Personally.

I Grew Up In The Suburbs Of Chicago, And In Spite Of What Most People Might Have Expected From A Young Girl Growing Up Deaf, Life For Me Was Like One Long Episode Of The Brady Bunch. Despite Whatever Barriers Were In My Way, I Imagined Myself As Marcia Brady Skating Down The Street Saying “hi” To Everyone, Whether They Knew Me Or Not.