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Curtis Robbins 174 The Promised World I nearly was born without hearing a sound and was promised the world with things to come if I had adapted— imitating sound. I was tutored with sound and was promised the world if I learned to deal with the hearing aid— thinking and believing I’m hearing everything— only to ask where and what they were. I was raised and was promised the world if I behaved as if I didn’t know the difference— only to wonder why. I was educated at Gallaudet and was promised the world if I learned ASL and believe in the future scintillating on a silver platter— if only I heard beforehand. Curtis Robbins 175 I was raised to think and reason like a man— and was promised the world that I’d be a better man— if only they knew. ...

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