Becki Hayes

Becki Hayes is a Texasborn SAGAFTRA actress known for both deaf and hearing roles Born with a hereditary progressive hearing loss Beckis hearing rapidly declined rendering her profoundly deaf by age 12 Becki made her network TV debut in ABCs Gideons Crossing opposite Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin portraying a deaf teen at odds with her parents over cochlear implants Life imitated art for Becki as shortly after the show aired she underwent bilateral cochlear implant surgery She considers her former deafness a gift to her craft When one sense is absent the other senses are heightened immensely I had to become such an intense listener by necessity In conversation I was hyper focused on facial cues and body language to kind of fill in the gaps when words were unclear and provide context clues in order to react appropriately My superpower is hearing beyond the spoken Its authentic acting gold Im very lucky Becki is currently developing a dramedy 2020 based on her own adventures as a formerly deaf wife and mother adjusting to life changes after cochlear implants