China News Online, February 3 (Reporter Xu Yinkang Yuzhan) He lost his hearing unexpectedly when he was 1 year old with a high fever, and it was not until the age of 8 that he restarted systematically learning to speak in a special education school... A popular anchor with nearly 120,000 fans, Leona, a deaf girl born in the 90s in Shanghai, has changed her life trajectory with unremitting efforts.
And her positive energy story has also brought a lot of encouragement and inspiration to many netizens, especially the hearing impaired.
Recently, a reporter from Chinanews.com met this special and popular anchor in a community in Pudong, Shanghai. He is tall and has a nice face... These words can't be used too much on Leona.
Put on makeup and dress neatly... As always, Leona confidently started her opening remarks with fans in the live broadcast room: "Hello everyone, welcome to my live broadcast room. You definitely know who I am, I am The live-action version of Leona has a figure and a beautiful appearance, with long hair fluttering..."
Leona accidentally lost her hearing when she was 1 year old due to a high fever.
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Regardless of how Leona communicates freely and confidently in the live broadcast, in fact, until she was 16 years old, she could not have a normal conversation with others, and would habitually sign language when she was anxious.
Leona said that her mother's persistence was indispensable for her successful dialogue and exchange.
"I was in an ordinary kindergarten, but I couldn't keep up with my studies. Later, my mother transferred me to a special education kindergarten. At that time, I saw many children playing sign language happily, so I followed and my mother beat me. . Especially in elementary school, my mother was very strict with me, she must speak up," Leona recalled.
Leona had a conversation while wearing a hearing aid.
Photo by Kang Yuzhan
The process of repetitive practice of learning to speak is quite boring, Leona admitted that she wanted to give up several times.
By touching other people’s throats to feel the vibration brought by speaking, Leona said that after learning and correcting repeatedly, she can slowly achieve the purpose of speaking. “Every day, touch the vocal cords and say āáǎà', if not If I repeat the practice, I will forget the voice utterance and I don’t know how to speak.”
Hearing impaired people need to work thousands of times more than ordinary people to conduct dialogue and communication normally.
Although she was able to communicate smoothly with her surrounding relatives and friends while wearing hearing aids, Leona lacked the courage to communicate with foreigners.
Leona participated in various competitions with award certificates and trophies.
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In January 2017, with the idea of training her courage, Leona accidentally stepped into the live broadcast platform on the recommendation of a friend.
At first, she was very afraid that her not fluent and accurate Mandarin would be laughed at by everyone. She was ashamed to speak, and only after the encouragement of netizens time and time again, did she slowly step out of the "whiteboard writing" live communication mode.
After years of hard work, Leona is now able to talk to the audience, and occasionally opens the "self-deprecating" and "self-blacking" mode, and her confident and sweet smile in the live broadcast room has also made her fans countless.
In order to improve herself, Leona also chose to stop broadcasting "Remake", enrolled in acting classes to learn tongue twisters, and gradually got rid of the stuttering problem. She is 1.75 meters tall and also signed up to participate in many world-class beauty contests. The champion of the Miss Ren contest in China, the top 15 Miss Tourism Image of the World...These honors have also allowed her to accumulate more confidence.
Leona hopes that she can become a "bridge" between the silent world and the sound world.
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Since the re-broadcast in January 2020, Leona, who has signed a contract to work as an anchor, said that the live interaction not only improved her fluency in speaking, but also touched many people by experiencing the story and showing optimism and confidence.
The road of anchors continues, and new wishes have also "set off."
Leona said that she hopes that she can become a "bridge" between the silent world and the sound world. "I hope the sound world and the silent world can be integrated into one world, and I also hope that more hearing impaired people can draw strength through my live broadcast. , Dare to challenge what the public thinks is'impossible'".
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