About Sean Forbes

Despite becoming profoundly deaf at a year old, Sean has always been passionate about a career in music.

Growing up in a musical family with roots in Detroit, Sean started playing drums at 5 years old. He picked up the guitar, and started writing songs as a teenager. While attending college at Rochester Institute of Technology, where the National Technical Institute for the Deaf is located, he realized his true calling was making music accessible for the deaf community.

In 2006 he co-founded a ...