Comment by Kai

Did Tareth loose her hearing later in her life? I've been wondering about that, since to my knowledge people who used to have hearing (as opposed to being born deaf) tend to be better at lip-reading and talking aloud if necessary.

Reply by Coolpilot

Not necessarily - my grandfather was born deaf, and he lip-reads and talks normally (though he sometimes has trouble understanding people who don't move their lips much while talking). He doesn't even know an ounce of ASL sign language.