They are all deaf and blind because of their extremely premature birth and first few months of life.
[4] Their mother had gone into labor at 23 weeks,[3] and had managed to hold off delivery until signs of distress in the triplets led to an emergency Caesarean.
The three sisters spent months in hospitals, but all three survived to go home.
[2][3][4] The triplets live in the Austin area with their mother, Liz, stepfather, Phillip Norris, and older sister Sarah.
Sophie is legally blind, but she can still see shapes and read very large print at close range.