Deaf Singer Impresses TV Judges
Mandy Harvey is a 29-year-old singer from the American state of Florida.
She lost most of her ability to hear when she was 18.
As a child and during her teenage years, Harvey was a singer. But she stopped singing for a time after she went deaf.
But she decided to start singing again after she learned how to feel a song’s beat through the wooden floor of a stage or theater.
Harvey is now a professional singer. But until recently, not many people in the United States had heard of her.
That changed when she appeared on the television show “America’s Got Talent.”
One of the judges, Simon Cowell, asked Harvey about the condition that caused her to go deaf.
Then she got ready to perform. She sang a song she wrote, called “Try.” Harvey said: “After I lost my hearing, I gave up. But I want to do more with my life than just give up.”
As she was singing, one camera cut away to capture images of people in the theater. Many were seen crying.
Shortly after she finished singing, Cowell smiled, and said “Mandy, I don’t think you’re going to need a translator for this.”
And he reached over and hit a button that released golden confetti into the air. That meant Harvey automatically moved on to the final part of the talent competition.
Many wrote that Harvey’s performance was inspiring, and they will not give up on anything they want to do, either.
