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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by bb88 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @06:25PM (#39111447)
There's a youtube video of Helen Keller who was both blind and deaf. She learned to speak in her adult life.

I don't have the link handy but it's entitled: "Helen Keller Speaks."

If you look at the video it seems she even appeared to pick up the accent of her teacher.

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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by jimbob45 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @07:04PM (#39111778)
Was she not profoundly deaf?
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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by bb88 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @07:46PM (#39112158)
Well she was deaf deaf and blind blind. Not partially deaf or blind. The vocalizations and mouth movements could have been learned by touch.

Tongue movements would have been harder to learn which explains why her vocalizations are hard to understand.

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