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Stephanie Beacham

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    But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.

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    I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

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    I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

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    I have to concentrate more intently when people speak. I always have to position myself on their right side so that I can hear out of my left ear. I sometimes get a crick in my neck from listening. But I don't there's too much else.

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    I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working.

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    I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.

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    I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.

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    My worst holiday was in Athens when I was a young drama student at Rada in 1965. I ran out of money. I had my things stolen and I wasn't able to speak a word of the language.

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    One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.

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    People keep asking me if I'll marry again. It's as if after you've had one car crash you want another.

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    We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying.

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    When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.

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    When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was.