Kelly, a new patient, is a deaf woman with a strong emotional response to perceived insults or condescension.
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Kelly's childhood is dominated by her mother who really wanted a normal, hearing daughter.
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Although forced to operate in both the hearing and the deaf worlds, Kelly feels alienated from both of them.
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While Kelly has a strong interest in sex, her sexual history seems to be marred by disappointments.
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Kelly has a sexual encounter with a young man who has no idea that she's deaf.
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Kelly is concerned that her significant interest in sex marks her as a nymphomaniac.
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Kelly is disappointed in Tom's apparent lack of interest in her.
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Kelly has been scalded by her mother's icy reserve.
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A roommate seduces Kelly into her first homosexual encounter.
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Kelly is feeling considerable stress over her belief that she's the poster girl for deaf people everywhere.
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Not wanting her interest to be misinterpreted as pity, Kelly experiences for herself the social discomfort which often stops people from approaching her.
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