GAO Yuye Cheap Ultra Boost Parley , an undergraduate student at East China University of Science and Technology, attracted widespread Internet coverage over the weekend after a video of her inarticulate speech at a graduation ceremony went viral online.


“Sorry, I’m deaf and have a poor pronunciation,” she said, starting her speech. “I will try my best to pronounce every word clearly.”


The 23-year-old, who was born deaf Cheap Adidas Ultra Boost Uncaged , evoked sympathetic responses from online viewers as she expressed pride in her four-year academic accomplishments and optimism about her future study in America.


Many web users said it was the most touching graduation speech they had heard this year, and confessed they were moved to tears while watching the video. “With hearing impairment, you are already successful to speak so clearly,” wrote one user on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter.


“When a disabled person is working so hard, is there any excuse for us healthy people to be lazy?” wrote another.


Gao Cheap Ultra Boost Uncaged , who hails from Anhui Province, never succumbed to her disability. Instead, she managed to go from kindergarten to university in classes with ordinary peers and found time to work in charity services for the deaf.


She was born to deaf parents, who had hoped their child would be normal. That did not happen. When she showed no response to sounds and doctors failed to make any progress in treatment, Gao’s grandmother took her to a rehabilitation training center when she was less than 3 years old.


“I still have some vague impressions of my grandma helped me learn reading every night, with cards spread all over the bed Cheap Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 ,” she said. “That’s how I learned to talk.”


When it came time for her to enter kindergarten, her grandmother insisted she attend a mainstream school instead of enrolling in a special school for disabled children. It was the start of her progress through a normal world.


Although she wore a hearing aid and could read lips, Gao’s orientation in the ranks of ordinary children was never easy. But she persevered against the odds. After high school, she enrolled in the School of Art Design and Media at East China University of Science and Technology, achieving the highest score of her class in academic tests and the second highest in an art exam.


“There is a saying that when a god closes a door, he opens a window Cheap Ultra Boost 3.0 ,” Gao said. “When the door of my ears was closed, my ability to endure and handle adversity grew stronger. That is the window the god opened for me.”


Her motto: “Deaf people can do everything except listen.”