Katie Leclerc Quotes

Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it is by the medium of hearing that such instruction is acquired.

I was born deaf. Sound never existed in my life, and this is completely normal to me.

I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing.

But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's whole life is like I even mean just realizing what it is like for an instant.

I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.

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

On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did her accent sound like, and the fact that she developed profound deafness when she was first running the Harriet Lane.

The deaf community and the hearing community, there's not always a ton of interaction.

If the deaf are to hear the sound has to be very loud

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice.

I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure.

There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told me that they resent a little bit that I do speak. But, you know, I have to be myself. I have to do what I'm comfortable doing.

Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.

I have to constantly remind myself that I am communicating with a person with hearing loss.

I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old.

My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!

I was very shy. I didn't really hang around with hearing people very much. Mostly I had deaf friends.

I'm almost completely deaf anyway. So I'm worried. I'm very worried.

When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.

I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.

I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.