Name: Mandy Harvey: Deaf Singer With Original 'TRY' Gets Simon's GOLDEN BUZZER | America's Got Talent 2017
Uploaded: 2017-06-12T11:26:44.000Z
Duration: 8 min 16 s
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Simon: Okay Mandy. So I think i've worked this out.

Past simple

Mandy: Yes, I lost all my hearing when I was 18 years old.

And Mandy, how did you lose your hearing if you don’t mind me asking?

Mandy: I have a connective tissue disorder, so basically I got sick and my nerves deteriorated.

Mandy: Growing up the only thing I wanted to do was sing.

I ended up going to school for vocal music education so that I could have that be my life.

When I was in college I thought I had an ear infection and it just got worse and worse

and by Christmas I was borderline legally deaf in both ears.

There was one day where the teacher was going to play the piano and I had to chart out everything he was playing

and I had my pencil ready and everybody else’s pencils start moving and I'm just

waiting for the test to start and then one by one every person got up and left the room.

I just didn’t hear enough to even start the test.

That was the last day I was a part of the music program.

Dad: We were sitting in the car together to come home, she said, Dad, I can’t remember what your voice sounds like anymore.

At that moment you knew that, um, things would never be the same.

Mandy: Everything that I ever wanted was just going away and I couldn’t stop it.

Dad: The music is alive inside of her. The only question was what could she do with it now.

Mandy: My dad suggested that we play a song, I said well that’s crazy. But...

I had I had a guitar tuner and I hummed my starting note and just went for it.

Music now isn’t about the sound, it’s about the feeling.

I’m excited, I’m nervous, I’m scared, so I’m just trying to…

Mandy: It’s not the dream that I always had.

And I did something I did something I never believed I could do.

Simon: So… you were singing before you lost your hearing?

Mandy: Yeah, I’ve been singing since I was four. So I I left music after I lost my hearing

and I uh figured out how to get back into singing with muscle memory using visual tuners and trusting my pitch.

Howie: So your shoes are off because you’re feeling the vibration. Is that how you’re following the music?

Mandy: Yeah, i’m feeling the tempo the beat uh through the floor.

Simon: And Mandy what are you going to sing?

Mandy: I’m gonna sing a song that I wrote  called “Try.”

Simon: Okay, can you tell me what it’s about?

Mandy: After I lost my hearing, I gave up. But I want to do more with my life then just give up.

K well look this is your moment and good luck.

The sky is grey much more than it is blue

I don’t think you’re going to need a translator for this.

I mean I’ve done this a long time. You’re one of the most amazing I’ve ever seen and heard.

Simon: Honestly I never think I’m going to be surprised or amazed by people

Congratulations you are straight through to the live shows.

Simon: Mandy. You know what? We found each other.

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Mandy Harvey: Deaf Singer With Original 'TRY' Gets Simon's GOLDEN BUZZER | America's Got Talent 2017

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