Sean Forbes

Forbes helped start an organization called the Deaf Professional Arts
Network, or D-PAN. The goal of D-PAN, which has performed versions of
songs by John Mayer
and Christina Aguilera, is to make music accessible to the deaf and
hard-of-hearing community. Since the start of D-PAN, the group has
created four music videos and will begin work on the next one soon.
Forbes says D-PAN plans to shoot 100 videos in the next five years to
help interpret pop songs for the deaf and hearing-impaired.

Sean Forbes Paves The Way For Deaf Musicians : NPR

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"Def" has been a part of hip-hop lexicon since the early 1980s, but for Sean Forbes, it means something different. The 28-year-old from suburban Detroit has been deaf since he was a baby but says that hasn't stopped him from making music. He recently released a new single called "I'm Deaf" and is bu...

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