Wha_ i_ I _old you a __ory in a language I _an _ear

2014

I grew up losing my hearing. It was a long, slow progression into deafness that started when I was six years old. I find that my grasp on communication is continually shifting, and often it is hard for me to stay afloat in the world that we call language.

This is a video of myself reciting something that I wrote. 

First I recite my writing in my "normal" voice. Second I recite only the parts of each word that I am able to hear. For me both versions of this poem's recital sound the same.