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Modern Tech I might get the new TEK device for my new hearing aids. Bluetooth for the deaf...what a concept. For now, it's an alarm clock, a smoke detector and a carbon monoxide detector with strobe lights and a doorbell that turns on a hall light. I also use close captioning on TV (it sucks...

Hoh I just say that I'm deaf. There's no need to stretch it out or make not being able to hear sound like there's more to it than there is. "Deaf" is one word and an easy one to say. I don't see how it, or any other phrase about hearing, can be offensive.

Tough choice Personally, I would not want to stop using my voice. In my profession, I need to be able to. I've been deaf since birth (I have roughly 15% hearing without hearing aids) and I was taught to speak starting at a very early age. I never learned ASL. Like you, most people cannot tell...