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There is research proving that deaf people have increased visual abilities.

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

I was born deaf, and I gained my hearing back when I was six months old - it was a miraculous event.

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.

After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.

When I was a child, I dreaded blindness. We used to ask: 'Would we rather be blind or deaf?' I said I'd rather be blind, even though I was scared of it. I couldn't bear not being able to hear music or talk to people.

But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.

I am a visual person, given that I am deaf.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise; I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.