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Austen got into Oxford. He also has hearing loss and cochlear implants.
"I had four interviews to get into my university, and I had to be really confident in those. The fact that I could communicate well helped massively, obviously," he says.
Austen now studies computer science, has an active social life, and helps others in a similar situation as a Hearpeers Mentor.
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