FEELING THE MUSIC WITH DEAF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ FINALIST MANDY HARVEY When you see and hear a performance by Mandy Harvey, one of the final ten contestants in the latest round of America’s Got Talent, the first thing you notice is her voice. Look down at her feet, though, and you might also notice she’s not wearing shoes.
“[It’s] so you can feel things better when you’re standing on the stage,” Harvey says. “You can feel the drums, and you can feel the bass. So, being able to feel the music through the floor, it makes me feel like I’m a part of the band and not just the only person in the room who doesn’t really understand what’s going on.” This is because Harvey is deaf. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio, was born with near-perfect pitch. But she was also born with a deformity in her ears that made it difficult to hear — but not impossible, thanks to the use of lip reading and hearing aids. But as the years passed, the hearing aids stopped working. Read Article: http://www.npr.org/2017/09/19/551890692/feeling-the-music-with-deaf-america-s-got-talent-finalist-mandy-harvey Comments are closed.
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