People with hearing loss can do anything! It is important to me that children with hearing loss hear success stories so that they know they can be anything when they grow up!

I have started collecting these stories and will periodically update this post. I have the professions listed in alphabetical order - if you click the name of the profession it will take to you to that section of the post.

People With Hearing Loss Can Do Anything!

Actor

People with hearing loss can do anything - including be an actor!

Marlee Matlin -

• Youngest Person to win the Oscar for Best Actress

• Won an Academy Award

• Hearing loss diagnosed at 18 months old after infection

• Book - I'll Scream Later

Learn More About Her Career

Athlete

People with hearing loss can do anything - including be an athlete!

Tamika Catchings -

• Basketball Player

• Award Winning in the WNBA

• Hearing loss diagnosed at 3 years old

• Book - Dreams are for Catching, Discovering The Star in You

• Book - Catch a Star, Shining Through Adversity to Become a Champion

Learn More About Her Career

Jeffrey Float -

• Olympic Swimmer

• Gold Medal in 4 x 200 Meter Freestyle Relay in 1984 Olympics

• Hearing loss diagnosed at 13 months old after meningitis

Learn More About His Career

Bonnie Sloan -

• Football Player

• First Deaf Player in the NFL

• Played for the St. Louis Cardinals

• Career cut short by a knee injury

Learn More About His Career

Lawyer

People with hearing loss can do anything - including be a lawyer!

Michael Chatoff -

• First Deaf Lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court

• Case was in 1982

• Justices would type out their questions and Michael would respond verbally

• Hearing loss diagnosed as an adult after virus in law school

Learn More About His Case

Physician

People with hearing loss can do anything - including be a physician!

Philip Zazove, M.D. -

• Family physician at University of Michigan

• Congenital hearing loss (present at birth)

• Book - When the Phone Rings, My Bed Shakes: The Memoirs of a Deaf Doctor

Learn More About His Career

Race Car Driver

People with hearing loss can do anything - including be a race car driver!

Caleb McDuff -

• Deaf Race Car Driver in the UK

• Racing since he was 4 years old

• Diagnosed with hearing loss as a baby & has cochlear implants

• He races in silence!

Learn More About His Career