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and ran up to the second floor ofdleir

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spentalonelynight a10ne.They had noheaFing̲impaired people arected byhedisaster are hard to come by The Hedt
Labor andWerare lИ h」 、 ,whidh has ainformation about the scale ofthe disasteror where they codd go to get help.

winoⅢySaydlatasofMay2011,14 deaf

Such horiac cxpeHences ofthe Greatand hard― of‐ hearing people in Miyagi

theL housq destroying an the equipmentin
theL salon on the fヒ st floo■ the couple

山

9.0‑lnagnltude eanhquake matsmck On
March ll,2011.

Norcodd she hear tt pubhc
annollncelnent urgulg people to evacuate
to higher ground as a masslve tsunanu

approached dle∞ astofnomeastemJapant
Tohoku reglon.
Kikuchiis deai She owes herlife to aneiま bOr whO calne to alert he■ Kikuchi
nalowly escaped the monster wavep Whichuprooted and washed amy her house.
a deafcouple
h another part ofdle d
who ran a beauty sdon s― ived一 d■ oughnobody came knocking on their doo■ Afterkind ofinfomation dlat ctt literaly mean■■)dillerence between life and death.
Statigics On the n― ber ofdeafand

deparmentse― g people wi■ disabilitie%

EattJapan Earmquake皿Prefecme were kined by dle tsunami/

Disaster Areal Too′ 'a23‐ minutequake.A total of736 ohers were co― ed
to have swived.The miniswhas nO data
for such casualtiesin lwate and F」 αshima

3.1l Wlthout
Solnd― ■lere Were DeafPeople in dle
docurnentary recendy released by deaf嚇aker Ayako lmamllra.
NagOya― based lmarnura7 33,has madeseven宙 sits to Miyagi,F」 αshima and lwate
prefectures since dle disasterl meeting andinterviewing宙 ctims there.

Her tt is a bitterreminder ofhow

people宙 dl disab■des are ne」 eCted
during disasters and denied access to ule

prefemes.

hぬ e創 し halnura cites a repo■ け計田憲霊職薔鵠懺島肥規
people in the山 ℃e prefemres at 75.

Lttunlra Who has shot ntlmerous

do― entaries on Japanヽ deafco― unity7met and interviewed several deafand
hearing― hnpttd peoplein Tohokら

including Kbtt whO the tt focuses on.
h an interview ahned in an evacuation
shelter one rnonぬ after dle disaster7 Kikuchi

breaks down as she e■ ,lains she can't hear

any ofdle almouncements on foodratio― g and o■ er assistance― ―no one
has thountto take her special needsinto
conslderation.

She and her husband,Tokchi(whO iS
also deaf),had nO odler way ofkeeping

track ofnew developments han bywatching hearing ttcuees.
rhey see other people lining uplthey

wodd fouow suit,assulnmg some ald item

wodd be handed ouず Imamura saysin henhn. Itt a huge fom ofstress for her2 andshe has no time to relax an d可= ofKikuchiregains some semblance
nomalcy overtlme.She looks much better

Breaking the sllence:Avako lmamura shoots footage for heriatest documentary flim′″
3.1l Without SoundF at Sendal Airport. ◎sTUD10 AYA

in August 2011,when lmalnllra宙 sits her at
an apartment― style temporary housing

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Hearing ald:Nobuko Kikuchi′a deaf residentin the city ofiwanuma′

Mivagi Prefecture′ shows where her house used to be before

it was uprooted and washed awav by the rnonstertsunami on March ll′
facinty,into whch the couple mcDved dlat

Mγ Nicely coired and made"up Kiktlchi
smJes as she teaches her granddaughter

how to make key chainslMth colo祠
plasuc beads.The temporary d■ 7enillg has
he basic necessities― ―aTヽ「set,alr―condidollmg and a ye■ ow lightto let hecouple know when they have宙 sitors.But
hen a hearing fun■ crav lnember notices

hat a nshmonger hasiust passed―、″lthout bodlerillg to teu the Kikuchis.

IInamtlra宙 sits her agalll on Dec.25,2011.

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KikLIChi Says she doesn't kno、 v hovv rnuch

bund people,people in,vheelcha口 s andh an ema」 . The

JL condnue.She teus
longer the situauon、 ゃ

foreigllersチ 'Imamurasays

lnlarnura she is alone now′ because Tokich、
vas hospitalized the pre宙 ous lnondl.
Noャ v that she'sfhished he mowle,、 vhch

message I、 vantto get across h aⅡ ofrnyis subtided in English,Kbrean andPOnuguese,Imamura says evelyone living
in Japan sholld have equd access to宙 tal

mmsis dlata sociew wheF auぬ ese people
are able to Lve dle life dley walltto uVe iS a
VeW riCh Oner′″377И ″fん Otrr SOur7d″ rwith[ng″ Sわil■formation′ regardless of disability or
nationaliv・ TSunalru、 varnillgs shodd berlθ J wilr be screerlθ d al ttikk/osυ ゎ″sentto au rnob」 e phone users,she says,usillg handsets'宙 bration semng to sendarδ ρ.m.′ fO′ Jo1/red b/a rakわ /1mamtrra.
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ρrOvidedわ θtteen」 aρ ar7θ Se Fng″ sh and20H.(klclli loo燃 pleasand17 stlrprised,emergency alertsto bodl deafand bhnd

shol● 7illg ofFinany donated s、 veaters thatpeople.Illnamura says an pubhc
announcements shollld be rnade in shnple

Japanese so,ranguage.For mο rerapanese and in various languages.

a3‐she lvas glven at a Christlnas charlty event.

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tothe mmmaker h.Ougll sign langllage her
feehngs ofillsecllriw abOut her ftlme.

̀̀nere are many people in society―hearillg people′ hard― o← hearing people,

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