Early life. She married Robert Steinberg, and they have two children who are also fluent in American Sign Language. She was born to deaf parents and grew up the oldest of 9 children, all of whom are also deaf.
Associated With We embraced each other." Frelich was born in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, to deaf parents Esther (née Dockter) and Phillip Frelich, and was the eldest of nine siblings (all deaf). On her wedding day, rice went into her left ear and when the doctor tried to take it out, he punctured her eardrum. Family Life. But Harvard makes it clear that he never really felt like an outcast growing up: "I had a great childhood, school experience. Juliette Gordon Low was sick often while growing up and lost her hearing in her right ear.
She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962, and then went on to study at Gallaudet College (now known as Gallaudet University), which is the only liberal arts university in the world for Deaf students. Trivia. She performed a sign language interpretation of the national anthem sung by Jewel at Super Bowl XXXII. Then she was deaf in both ears.