I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing.
From Marlee Matlin
I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.
I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.
I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.
I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.
If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.
It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.
Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the first time, I wanted to be on it.
The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because.
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