The Deaf Girl Quotes

“A lot of people with disabilities or illnesses can probably relate to the battle between your condition and who you are, and how much of your condition is who you are.”
― Abigail Heringer, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds

“Imagine that as soon as you meet another person, you have to wonder if having a conversation with you is a chore. You’re often asking someone to repeat themselves, or missing their inflection and struggling to focus on the meaning behind their words. So often, people skip having conversations with you, so they don’t have to repeat themselves. This was my reality.”
― Abigail Heringer, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds

“Every time I failed to understand something and the people around me had to repeat themselves, I was an annoyance. It wasn’t easy to communicate with me, and I was conscious of that.”
― Abigail Heringer, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds

“With a cochlear implant, though, sound has almost no depth perception. The noise goes into my implant, and I hear it at the same volume, whether it’s right next to me or across a room. Some people assume you get a cochlear implant, and you no longer have a disability, but that just isn’t true. Hearing for me was always work. A cochlear implant will never be the same as having a functioning cochlea.”
― Abigail Heringer, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds

“In a world that prioritizes conventional success and independence, it’s so easy to feel like disability is a burden that inhibits that independence.”
― Abigail Heringer, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds

“Whatever happens, everything is going to be okay. Your child will grow, and the future may look different from what you imagined, but they will find their place in the world.”
― Abigail Heringer, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds