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title: "7 Born Deaf Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-berdy/i-was-born-deaf-i-was-raised-in-a-hearing-world-and-in-a-deaf-world/)

[Sean Berdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-berdy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/sean-berdy-33034_better_i-was-born-deaf-i-was-raised-in-a-hearin_514110.jpg)

> [Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/dumbness-comes-from-the-fact-that-a-child-is-born-deaf-and-that-it/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/alexander-graham-bell-9356_born_dumbness-comes-from-the-fact-that-a-chil_543555.jpg)

> [“My father, she insisted, was not born deaf. “Insisted” because there was an even greater stigma attached to genetic deafness (and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/my-father-she-insisted-was-not-born-deaf-insisted-because-there-was/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/lou-ann-walker-11436_parenting_my-father-she-insisted-was-not-born-deaf_1050307.jpg)

> [Passion is born deaf and dumb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/passion-is-born-deaf-and-dumb/)

[Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/)

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> [There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/there-are-people-who-are-born-deaf-and-grow-up-deaf-who-don-t-speak/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

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> [“We are all born almost Deaf, Dumb and Blind; trial and error have, thus far, been our best teacher.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/balan-gothandaraman/we-are-all-born-almost-deaf-dumb-and-blind-trial-and-error-have-thus/)

[Balan Gothandaraman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/balan-gothandaraman/)

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> [I was born deaf, and I gained my hearing back when I was six months old - it was a miraculous event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-pearce/i-was-born-deaf-and-i-gained-my-hearing-back-when-i-was-six-months/)

[Lindsay Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-pearce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/lindsay-pearce-32332_back_i-was-born-deaf-and-i-gained-my-hearing_3063667.jpg)

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