How did Helen Keller listen to people if she was deaf?

She didn't, of course. She was, as you say, deaf. She did have companions (Annie Sullivan, her teacher, was the first) who spelled other people's communication into her hands. read more

She didn’t, of course. She was, as you say, deaf. She did have companions (Annie Sullivan, her teacher, was the first) who spelled other people’s communication into her hands. read more

Helen Keller never lived independently (unlike today where many deafblind people live independently). She always lived with either Anne Sullivan (and for a few years, Anne Sullivan's husband as well) or Polly Thompson, who joined the household in the 1930s and stayed on after Sullivan passed away in 1936. read more