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Old 02-28-2008, 06:48 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Not deaf enough???

What does that mean? A deaf person has to have a certain level of deafness to be respected in the Deaf world?

Now I likely am totally off the target (as normal) by my statement, but is that what you mean? Please say it isn't so, please.
Not culturally Deaf enough. It means a deaf person who has adopted to hearing culture behavior instead of Deaf culture behavior. I was accused of not being Deaf enough numerous times due to my oral-only upbringing despite having a severe to profound hearing loss in both ears since birth.
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