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Born Deaf Research Paper

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A person that is born deaf definitely has challenges from the start. Many children that are born deaf are born to parents that have no clue about sign language or how to communicate with a child that has no hearing abilities. In some cases a person can lose their hearing due to an illness or accident. This would prove extremely difficult to have the ability to hear and then one day wake up and hear nothing but silence. The most devastating thing to experience would to never be able to hear a mother’s voice or a child’s voice that is loved so dearly. A person that is deaf is not helpless and they have many tools available to help them. Sign language is recognized throughout the world and most organizations accommodate the deaf. Many new devices

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