This program explores some of the difficulties encountered by the Deaf and hard-of-hearing in a speaking world and examines their two principal methods of communication: sign language and lip reading. Profiling an 11-year-old girl born with a hearing disability, it visits classes in a school for the Deaf, shows how people who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing learn to communicate, and explores the role of surgery in treating hearing disabilities. (19 minutes)

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