I was born deaf. Sound never existed in my life, and this is completely normal to me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.
I was born deaf, and I gained my hearing back when I was six months old - it was a miraculous event.
Since I knew my deaf identity since birth, it wasn't hard for me to be comfortable, confident, and independent in a hearing world.
I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
You are born with a sound; everyone is, less or more. And this sound has to be developed. I am not talking about vocal technique; I am not talking about how to sing. I am talking about how to produce a sound.
I am the fourth generation of being deaf.
Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.
I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't say that I like one better than I like the other. I like them both. I speak pretty well; I gesture. If I don't understand something, you know, pen and paper, texting. I use it all.
I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility to language and communication, which was wonderful and something so many deaf people don't have.
When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.