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A Moving Narrative about Overcoming the Stigma of Hearing Loss. 

The author Elometer Thomas, have had extensive experience relating to hearing loss and have interviewed many people for their opionion. She hope her experience will help others to better understand hearing loss, and give it more serious attention. In this heartbreaking story she relates her struggles to survive in a world geared for a hearing society.  She tells of the pain and heartbreak she endured when her family kept her out of school. But this isolation led her to books and she developed a passion for books which gave her an education way beyond anything her parents had ever expected.

In her teens she discovered a talent for sewing and became a successful dress designer, teacher and dressmaker. This is the heartfelt story of her triumphs over the many and monumental obstacles that stood in her way It is also an inspiring testimony to the durability and determination of every human being who have overcome their disability. Because so little is known about hearing loss ,and the fact that there are more than thirty five millions Americans living in silence, the author hope her story will help to reduce the myths and misconceptions associated with hearing loss.