Gabrielle's Translation

In the city, down Swanston Street, there's people everywhere. They're crazy busy. Everything is fast. It's loud, too loud, and sometimes when I'm alone I feel a bit worried and frustrated being there. It's like a window has closed on me, I can't make way through all the people. Sometimes I turn my hearing aids off. It's quiet. I feel calmer, the window opens and people move more easily. I move more easily.


Ben and Gab are greatly indebted to Anne Bremner and Scarlette Baccini for their contribution to deaf not silent.