Mandy Harvey

Technology is improving to prevent musicians from losing their hearing while performing on stage... audience members losing their hearing from listening to loud music… people being able to experience music not just with their ears, but with touch or with through their eyes."

We need to work on creating a more inclusive music experience. I'm really so frustrated with going to festivals and there not being any closed captioning or interpreters.

Music gives people the ability to dream, to leave their troubles behind for a moment and experience something beautiful. You create dreams and that’s a beautiful thing!"

I made the mistake of pouring my entire identity into one single dream and convincing myself that I was not capable of anything else or creating any other dream.

I was always a shy child and slightly hard of hearing, so music was my outlet.

My friends and family refused to give up on me even when I gave up on myself, and I wanted to hopefully encourage even just one person to try again.

I was in Colorado for about 15 years but my family is all from Florida.

I really wanted to change the idea of what is possible and to show that 'deaf can' and what better place to do that than on national television?

What I do is I get the sheet music and I put it out for myself and then I use a visual tuner to go through each note individually. And every time I make a mistake, I start the song over again, so I use the muscle memory of intervals and then watching that tuner, and then a lot of repetition.

A long time ago I started talking into a balloon so I could feel myself talking, to practice judging volume, and compare it to other musicians.

There is a lot of technology out there that can help people with hearing loss including wearable technology that vibrates.

I use the aid of technology while running through songs. Visual tuners and feeling the vibrations through the floor to keep time.