Learning to speak from "summary" of The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
The process of learning to speak was a challenging and painstaking journey for me. I had always been fascinated by the sounds I heard others making, and I longed to be able to communicate in the same way. However, due to my profound deafness and blindness, this seemed like an impossible feat. My teacher, Anne Sullivan, was determined to help me overcome this obstacle. She tirelessly worked with me, using the manual alphabet to spell out words on my hand. I would then mimic the sounds she made with her lips, trying to replicate the words I felt on my hand. It was a slow and arduous process, but I was determined to succeed. At first, my attempts at speech were clumsy and unintelligible. I struggled to form the sounds correctly, and my voice was often strained and hoarse. However, A...
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