Country superstar Garth Brooks will give the National Anthem his special flavor on Jan. 31, when the Buffalo Bills meet the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVII.

And to include a wider audience, Marlee Matlin will translate the lyrics into sign language."Like most Americans, I don't know all the words, and I've been rehearsing like crazy," Matlin, 27, told People magazine.

The Oscar-winning actress, now starring with Mark Harmon in NBC's "Reasonable Doubts," has been hearing-impaired since she was 18 months old.

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She said she's gotten some strange looks from people who have spotted her rehearsing the anthem: "Garth sent me a practice tape, so I could study it. I play the cassette when I'm driving, practicing it over and over again, just so I know the pattern of the words. The funny thing is how people stare at me."

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