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The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

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

Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

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

I think the biggest misconception is that people think deaf people are not able to do things.

I think being deaf gave me an increased sense of sight.