(Laughter) And as I plunged deeper and deeper into the Deaf world, I became convinced that Deafness was a culture and that the people in the Deaf world who said, "We don't lack hearing; we have membership in a culture," were saying something that was viable.
(ضحك) ومع دخولي أكثر وأكثر في عالمهم، أصبحت مقتنعًا أن الصمم له ثقافة وأن الأشخاص في عالم الصمّ الذين قالوا، "نحن لسنا غير قادرين على السمع،  نحن منتمون إلى ثقافة" كانوا يقولون شيئًا قابلًا للحياة والاستمرار.