Marlee Matlin to Be Honored at Convention.(Brief Article)

Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin will join ASHA Convention-goers in New Orleans next month when she receives the Association's Media Award in Appreciation for International Communications. Matlin will be honored during the Convention at the Nov. 16 Awards Ceremony, which will begin at 6 p.m. and will also feature ASHA Honors, Fellows, and other award winners.

When she was 18 months old, Matlin contracted roseola and, due to complications from the illness, lost 80% of her hearing in one ear and sustained total deafness in the other. But her hearing loss has not ...

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