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The reaction to the post has also helped Thomas.

\"I'm feeling more confident in who I am and this part of me that I had hidden for so long,\" she said.

Thomas has dealt with hearing loss since birth, having inherited it from her father's side of the family, and is 70% deaf in her left ear and 30% to 40% deaf in her right ear. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 kids in the United States is born with detectable hearing loss in one or both ears.

It was something she didn't make known to people outside of her family and close friends out of fear of being treated differently. But what was once a source of insecurity and doubt is now something she's decided to embrace.

\"I told myself this was going to be my year. I'm going to be bold in everything that I do,\" she said. \"I like to give myself a word at the beginning of the year -- this year was 'bold.'\"

Thomas is determined to keep encouraging others, and has written a children's book about why something that makes us different also makes us special.

\"I would tell somebody who was struggling with hearing to just embrace it, because at the end of the day you're fearfully, wonderfully and beautifully made,\" she said. \"And you were made this way for a reason. So now use it for good.\"

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