As a big TEDx fan, I found this talk by Dale Sindell of TEDXCibeles in Madrid fascinating. (TEDx speakers page)
Dale started losing her hearing at age 19. After graduating from college, she moved back to Spain, got married and soon lost the rest of her hearing. Somehow she continued to work in a variety of career roles and then had children, which resulted in her youngest child being diagnosed with hearing loss.
At that point Dale founded t-oigo.com, a non-profit virtual community which provides information in Spanish for people with hearing loss. Today 30,000 users follow her site each month. She's also an advocate for bilingual education - Spanish and English for kids with hearing loss. Such an inspiration.
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