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I do prefer 'stone deaf'; stones may be mute, but they are warm in the sun, they feel soothing in the palm. It is a piece of the earth, attached to God. I do not know what the pedants mean when they write 'profoundly deaf' to describe the person who has never heard a sound. Deaf is deaf and silence is forever.

Ruth Sidransky

In the end, words, volumes of words, all signed, were the eloquent metaphor of my life. It was the language born of hands that was my beginning.

Ruth Sidransky

Ruth Sidransky

Ruth Sidransky

Born: July 1, 1929

Died: October 7, 2017 (aged 88)

Bio: Ruth Sidransky was born in the Bronx, New York to two profoundly deaf parents. Her first language was Sign, which she used exclusively as a young child and she translated the world’s sounds for her parents throughout their lives.

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