Desiderata has been a fixture in my home since forever. In remember as a child fixing my gaze on the last line: “Strive to be happy.”
Can you lipread another two lines from Desiderata in the video below?
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Chronicle of a deaf audiologist
Lipreading the Desiderata
Originally Posted: August 21, 2025
Sandra Vandenhoff
Dr. Sandra Vandenhoff is an audiologist with hearing loss, founder of HEARa, Hearing Rehabilitation teacher, and Canadian author, who does not remember saying on her first day of wearing hearing aids: "Mom, I can hear my shoelaces!"