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Explain why the fact that bell’s mother was deaf and impact on his career

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Mabel had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever. Bell began working with her in 1873, when she was 15 years old.


mother and wife were both hearing-impaired.

A childhood illness left Bell's mother mostly deaf and reliant on an ear trumpet to hear anything. Young Alexander would speak close to his mother's forehead so she could feel the vibrations of his voice.
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