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Hearing impairment doesn't slow this small-school softball pitcher. She's going Division I

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Summary
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78% Informative

Sawyer Drury , a hearing-impaired junior pitcher, has led Brimfield/Elmwood softball to an 11 -2 record.

She communicates using hand gestures and lip reading.

Drury has committed to play Division I softball at Creighton University .

She has Mondini malformation, an incomplete development of the cochlea in her ears.

VR Score

80

Informative language

77

Neutral language

89

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

1

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1

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