Heather Artinian is a student at Georgetown majoring in government and minoring in justice and peace studies. Heather was the focus of an academy-award nominated documentary titled "Sound and Fury." The documentary focuses on her family and their struggle to make a decision whether to give her, five years old at the time, a cochlear implant that would enable her to hear. Heather will share her journey through life, learning how to speak and hear, attending hearing schools, and being part of the deaf culture and the hearing world.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx