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She couldn’t hear voices. But if she were to lay next to a piano and someone were to use the bass pedal, she describes what it was like to hear that … - Elsa Sjunneson
" "She couldn’t hear voices. But if she were to lay next to a piano and someone were to use the bass pedal, she describes what it was like to hear that sound. Yeah, so it’s not a lot of hearing. But it’s enough hearing that she was able to know what hearing felt like.
On Helen Keller's residual hearing
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Elsa Sjunneson is an award-winning Deafblind author, editor, historian, media critic, and speaker living in Seattle. Her work includes the forthcoming Dear Blind Lady: Disability Advice You Didn't Know You Needed (Sasquatch Books, October 6, 2026), the Washington State Book Award-winning memoir Being Seen, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Sword of the White Horse. She has won three Hugo Awards, an Aurora Award, and a British Fantasy Award for editorial work, and her nonfiction has appeared in venues including CNN, Tor.com, and The Boston Globe.
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