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Yes, first impression is important.
I had few people that had said, "Get outta of here!" Meaning they think I was joking about that I'm deaf. I had few people that would look like they're caught in deer headlights... like they don't know what to do as they found out I'm deaf and they just look at me like they're unsure what to do... I encourage them to go on speaking, that I'm just normal and that I can hear them through my CI. But I never had anyone that just walked away from me when they found out that I'm deaf.... so I never dealt with that before.
But most of the time, they were impressed and they want to know more about my deafness and how I can hear through CI. I must admit, that sometimes annoys me but I just bear it by smiling at them and politely explain it to them.
However... I had quite few deaf people walked away from me when they found out that I have CI... and that royally pisses me off.... just because I have CI doesn't make me less a deaf person.
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