Brett Duncan, 39, and his sister, Jess Colgan, 41, run a vegan cake business in West Melbourne. Brett, a qualified pastry chef, is deaf; Jess is a social-enterprise CEO who advocates for people with disabilities.

Brett : It’s not easy navigating a hearing world. I can hear about 5 per cent of what other people can and listening carefully is very tiring. Jess has always spoken clearly to me and asked others to speak clearly, too, but I’m shy and worried I’ll annoy people. Even when we were kids, Jess always involved me in conversations and wasn’t afraid to ask people to repeat themselves. Sometimes I pretend I know what someone has said, but Jess knows when I’m not being honest.

I had a cochlear implant when I was three. At the time, I was the youngest person in the world to receive one

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