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For me, whenever I encounter someone who acts like a deer caught in headlight when finding out about my deafness, I tell them not to worry and just keep on talking. Usually, I proceed like nothing has changed but it is up to the other person to do the same or not.
As for those walking away, I usually leave it be cuz I am not really a confrontal person most of the time.
As a child, it used to upset me terribly and I would end up obsessing about it for a while.
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Shel~ 
"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." -George Santayana
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