Thanks all. I thought to share more. My sister who's 4 yrs older has a severe hearing loss, too. Her hearing is a bit worse than mine. She went to Madonna, a 'deaf' school here in Michigan and got her degree in accounting. She know's all the ASL and has friends who can not hear. Her husband and 3 children are all hearing. She works for my mom who owns a mastectomy boutique. My brother is 2 years older than me and he has a mild hearing loss. He dropped out of college because "I can't hear". I think he used that as an excuse. But the hearing loss affects people differently. He works in a print shop running the machines. My sister was born w/ her loss because she didn't start talking until 3 yo. My brother got his when he had a severe allergic reaction to the polio vaccine. I got mine at 5 yo when they injected a strong steriod and strong antibiotic into me because I had real bad bladder which caused kidney infections all the time. I had so many bad experiences all through my school years because of my hearing.
It wasn't until College did I make friends w/ teachers. It bothered me since day one in kindergarden that teachers think us hoh/deaf folks don't know much and need to be told how to do everything. And when we voice something, we are not believed. Ok, that's enough for now. Hope I didn't bore you.