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Jessica Jafet
Jessica Jafet is a writer based in Katonah, New York.
Eckehard Schulz / AP
Living in Between the Deaf and Hearing Worlds
With cochlear implants, people can turn the noise around them on and off at will.
Jessica Jafet
March 7, 2016