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Fabienne is 33 and was born deaf, but that doesn’t stop her from loving techno music. Unlike people who can hear the beat, she feels the rhythm through her body. But the similarities between the deaf and those who can hear don’t end there. Just as there are different spoken dialects throughout Switzerland, there are also regional dialects in sign language.
On the negative side, she says,”Many people think you must be stupid if you can’t talk, which is not the case. It makes people feel uncomfortable talking to a deaf person”. She makes an appeal for more openness in society towards those who can’t hear.
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