Try this on for size, and remember as you listen: She's profoundly deaf.
True story; a buddy of mine, long ago and far away, was invited, with his fledgling metal band, to perfrom at a school for the deaf. No lie.
I missed that one. Didn't heard about it.
He said that it was really interesting and quite kewl because the kids would, small class, put their hands on the stage to accentuate what they were feeling. They really enjoyed it, as did the kids, and it was one gig were they were actually encouraged to play as loud as they like.