‘If anything, it’s made me more successful’
Daniela Messenger, 44, is a revenue accountant from London.
As my mother is deaf, I had a 50% chance of being born with hearing issues. But, initially, it was thought I could hear normally. It was only when I was seven, and doctors realised I couldn’t hear certain high-frequency sounds, that anyone knew that there was something wrong. Until then, my teacher had branded me lazy and made me wear a dunce’s cap at times – when actually I couldn’t hear instructions
