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Im In My Mid-30s, Ive Won An Oscar, I Have Four Children. You Figure Out If My Deafness Has Adversely Affected My Life.

I Learned To Speak First, And Then To Sign. I Have Never Really Known What It Was Like To Hear, So I Cant Compare Hearing Aids To Normal Hearing.

All I Can Say Is I've Been Reading The Lips Of Bleeped-out Words, Angry Baseball Players, And Stoned-out Rock Stars On Awards Shows For Years And It's Been Hilarious. Everyone Is Always Asking Me What The Bleeped-out Parts Are Saying.

I'm Not Really Deaf; I Just Faked It To Win The Oscar Kidding.

It Seems We're Always In Transition And That It's More About Trends Than It Is About What's Meaningful.