but as the first deaf contestant on the programme she s also a role model for other people with hearing impairments, as nadia gyane s been finding out. strictly theme plays. it s the sound of a good saturday night for millions watching strictly. for front room fans like scarlett. oh, my god! ..she gets to watch her favourite. it shows that you really can be who you are, even. because you have a hearing loss, like, you don t have to be a certain way in order to be yourself. you can be yourself with your disability. scarlett doesn t have an outer ear, so she uses bone anchored hearing aids, and during lockdown, picked up a new hobby. dancing and expressing myself through music in kind of a new way, and i kind of liked the way of doing that. what can others do to kind of communicate and who want to, you know, find out more about the deaf community? i feel like you kind ofjust have to ask. i feel like a lot of the time,