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Mandy Harvey, a 29-year-old singer who lost all of her hearing when she was 18, blew away the America’s Got Talent audience and judges with her original song, “Try.”
Harvey lost all of her hearing when she was 18 and was accompanied on America’s Got Talent with her interpreter, Sarah.
“I have a connective tissue disorder, so basically I got sick and my nerves deteriorated,” she explained to Simon Cowell.
Harvey has been singing since she was four, but left music after losing her hearing more than 10 years ago. However, she returned to her passion thanks to “muscle memory, using visual tuners and trusting my pitch.”
Before she sang, Harvey took her shoes off to feel the tempo and beat of the music through the floor of the stage.
Harvey gave an incredible performance that brought some audience members to tears and earned the Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell, which sends her straight through to the live rounds of the AGT.
Clearly emotional from Cowell’s positive response, Harvey was joined onstage by the Cowell, who was obviously very moved by her performance and give her even more praise.
“I mean, I’ve done this a long time,” Cowell said after giving her a hug. “That was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen and heard.”
