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Thank you for the welcomes. I have never been part of a deaf community before, in person or online. Truth be told I never looked for one. I cannot recall ever having a deaf friend before either, though I know several older folk that use hearing aids. I signed up on here on a whim to be honest...

#'s 9 and 10 have happened a lot to me over the years. I've always passed it off as ignorance on their part. If I could add one to that list it would be when a person who obviously hadn't had much interaction with a deaf person before talks really slow and over-enunciates. That really gets my...

Hello, I'm deafguy2013. As you have guessed, I'm a male that was born deaf. I wear a hearing aid in my left ear and my right ear is totally deaf. I have maybe 20% hearing in my left ear and I have worn a hearing aid ever since I was two I think. I'm very good at reading lips and thanks to speech...