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Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.
Marlee Matlin
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Marlee Matlin
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 24
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Marlee Beth Matlin
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Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.
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I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual image and I can understand the words as I integrate the two signals.
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