Generation Grit
Giving hope after losing voice
Crystal Goh had planned to go into music full-time - until she lost her voice to a rare neurological condition. But she has found another voice on behalf of vulnerable young people, helping them turn their life stories into music. Her story is part of a series on millennials who inspire us.
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The day is etched in her memory. Ms Crystal Goh woke up one morning in April 2011 and could not muster a decipherable word.
"It sounded like I was having a very bad sore throat. Like I was being strangled," she said. "People couldn't understand me when I spoke."

