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A deaf patient gives an okay signal to U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Hatch, an optometrist attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort during an eye exam at the El Realejo Health Care Center in El Realejo, Nicaragua, July 23, 2007.

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A deaf patient gives an okay signal to U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Hatch, an optometrist attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort during an eye exam at the El Realejo Health Care Center in El Realejo, Nicaragua, July 23, 2007.

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