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Thank you. That is a good idea. I keep thinking I need to be mostly on or mostly off because I'm worried about the other people. They might get confused, or not understand why I'm doing what I'm doing. But it shouldn't be about them. It should be about me and what I'm comfortable with. So thank you.

I love how you wrote this. That is another reason I'm contemplating this. It's surprising to me how many people actually know sign. I'm not meaning fluently, but just enough. Maybe a semester or two in high school/college. Everytime I would go somewhere new where I'm meeting new people, I would...

Hey there, it depends on how well your character was able to hear before hand. I went from hearing overly well, to hard of hearing, to completely deaf within almost three years. Because I grew up hearing, I think in words. At the same time, I am also very creative and have known sign language...

I mentioned this in my 'Introduction' post but I figured I should probably make a post on this topic here so I could get some input from people. I'm late deafened (known ASL and been a part of the Deaf community nearly my whole life). I recently have been becoming more uncomfortable with...

I'm not quite sure how to explain it. Basically growing up I was culturally Deaf even though I wasn't physically deaf. I was part of the Deaf community (except I didn't go to a Deaf school), most of my freinds were deaf, etc. This is not because I was some Deaf groupie. It was because my mother...

No, not at all. Sorry, I don't mean to come across that way. I'm just explaining what I meant by what I had written. I apologize.

No, it's just not meant to be the way it sounds. There are two ways that can be percieved. I understand where you are coming from and how you are reading it, but it's meant to mean that I understand you can get a deaf voice, but it's still something I feel like I need to do. I'm not doing this...

I don't want the deaf voice. I just don't want to speak. That's why I would still continue to talk to close friends of mine, so I would be able to keep up with my voice. To me, it's not important how I sound, it's important how I feel. I want to feel comfortable with being myself, and I'm just...

Thank you for your input. I completely understand where you're coming from. For me, I'm not wanting to be 'more Deaf' or change myself. It's simply that I don't feel comfortable talking in the hearing world because I can't hear myself. I don't know how loud I'm speaking, I forget how to pronouce...

Hello! How is everyone doing? I'm not quite sure what to write here. I'm not going to get into my whole life story, so I'll just summarize the recent issues of my deafness. I'm late deafened and have adapted very well. I grew up in the deaf community as a hearing person, so when I lost my...

I would be more than happy help ya'll practice ASL. I'm late deafened but have known ASL nearly my whole life. I would also love to get some practice myself. I haven't really had anyone to sign with lately, so even though I sign to myself a lot, I don't get the receptive side of signing too...