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(waiter)[br]What would you like to drink?

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A Shirley Temple.

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(waiter)[br]OK.

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(Marianne)[br]<i>Heather being implanted at nine years</i>

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<i>of age to me was a gift, the greatest</i>

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<i>I could have ever received.</i>

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<i>Would I have liked it to have been</i>

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<i>earlier? Yeah, I would've.</i>

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But you know what, she wasn't, and you

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deal with that and you do the best you can

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for her. In the short time that she's been

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implanted, her speech has improved

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tremendously, and since she went into

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hearing school, it's made a tremendous

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change altogether.

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(teacher)[br]<i>Heather functions very well in class.</i>

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<i>She's probably in the top ten of her class</i>

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<i>and she scores very well in all of her</i>

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exams, and overall she's just

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enthusiastic and energetic. She wants to

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do well, and if she doesn't do well

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she'll do it again.

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(Italian teacher)[br]Una tazza di te? (asks for translation)

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She'd rather drink tea.

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(teacher)[br]A cup of tea. Una tazza di te.

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Very good. Excellent. And [more Italian]?

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[answers]

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(teacher)[br]Very good.

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I don't think that Heather would even

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perceive herself as being disabled.

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If this was a silent movie, you would be

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like, "Whoa, this kid is popular!"

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(Heather giving presentation)

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(principal)[br]<i>Most of the kids know her.</i>

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<i>Not because of her disability. They know</i>

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<i>her for her personality.</i>

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Now she's in an environment where the

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rest of the world is, and she's thriving,

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so we can assume that, y'know,

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if everything remains constant, she'll be

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very successful in the world as an adult.

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And this is the type of world that Heather

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now has opened up to her.

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She can do whatever her talents[br]will allow her to.

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(volleyball coach)[br]We are a tough [????][br]

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and I'm sorry I have to decide here. We're

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going to be cutting down from 23 to 16.

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So what I'm looking for today is

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coachability, attitude, people that listen

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as well as their physical skills. OK? Go!

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(sound of running, hitting balls)

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You are on the team. I'm gonna tell you

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now so that you can tell your parents

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every day, here, 4:45. Got it? Every day.

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I made the team!

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(music)

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(Marianne)[br]<i>Hello, you look familiar.</i>

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(Heather)[br]I made the team!

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Congratulations!

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OK, so when's practice going to be?

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(Heather)[br]Every day, here.

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(Marianne)[br]Oh, it's going to be here? 4:45?

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Yep.

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(Marianne)[br]And it's five days a week?

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Oh, your poor grandmother.

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(Marianne)[br]<i>I see her communicating, I see her</i>

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<i>existing in the hearing world. To me,</i>

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<i>she's a walking miracle.</i>

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What do we have to do? Read the directions.

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Mix first --

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Mix first what?

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The first three in ...

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- Ingredients.[br]-Yeah, that.

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No, you say it!

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- Incredi --[br]- Ingredients.

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Incredients.

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Gimme your arm. Ingredients.

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- Ingredients.[br]- Better.

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But it's actually a mixture --

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What was the three? It was the

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(speaking together)[br]cream cheese, egg yolk,

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and half a cup of sugar.

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Is it a half, or a quarter? Half a cup.

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Go in there and get one of the --

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(something about sugar)

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That's a mixture for something else.

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Open the closet and see[br]if there's a half cup.

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Just find the one that says half.

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(Heather)[br]There's only full cups.

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(Marianne)[br]No, there's a half there, absolutely.

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You know what's amazing, Heather?

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- Do you know what's amazing about you?[br]- What?

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I'm able to stand over there and tell you

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everything, and you're not even [br]looking at me. You couldn't

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have done that three years ago.

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You have made -- what do you mean, shrug

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your shoulder? -- You have made such

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unbelievable strides. I'm so proud of you.

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I love you to death. I mean,

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three years ago, I'd have to -- this would

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take twice as long because I'd have to

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stop, make sure you're looking at me ...

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Look at you now.

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- Aren't you impressed with that?[br]- Nope.

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Why? Yes, you are! Yes, you are.

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You like it.

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(Italian music)

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If we win today and tomorrow,

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we might be in the playoffs.

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Oh! Well, that's good. If you win today.

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And tomorrow.

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(Marianne)[br]Oh, and tomorrow.

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(Peter)[br]<i>I see that Heather is now part of both</i>

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<i>the deaf </i>and<i> the hearing worlds.</i>

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Before, she was only in the deaf world.

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But now, she has the opportunity to be

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in both. So I understand what she wants.

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I understand Heather's wishes.

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And at first I was scared to let her go,

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but I can see now, she navigates

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between the two worlds easily.

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I'm satisfied. I'm relieved.

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My family is the same. We sign at home,

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on the outside my kids talk. I don't care!

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When they are with hearing people, that's

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their life. They wanna talk and enjoy it,

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that's fine. When we're together, we sign.

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(Marianne)[br]<i>Now your father's doing serious business.</i>

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(Heather)[br]<i>Eating is one of his professions!</i>

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Tell Grandpa what you said.

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Eating is one of his professions.

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Eating is one of Peter's professions.[br](laughs)

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Serious business.

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(Peter)[br]<i>For me, the priority is to keep</i>

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the family together, for support, for

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contact. Like my sister and her husband

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have kids with cochlear implants too,

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and they live right next door to us.

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So between us --