fɪoːɹˈiːɾoʊ fˈaʊnd hˌɪm: æɾə kˈɑːnfɹəns ɪn ˌɛnwˌaɪsˈiː, ʃiː hˈɜːd ɐ spˈiːtʃ baɪ dˈɑːktɚ. fɹˈæŋk bˈoʊ, ɐ dˈɛf ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃɚɹ æɾ ˌɛnwˌaɪjˈuː, ænd dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd ðæt hiː wʌzðə pˈɜːsən.
Fiorito found him: at a conference in NYC, she heard a speech by Dr. Frank Bowe, a deaf researcher at NYU, and decided that he was the person.