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My friends and I would play with this thing for hours. We could do all kinds of tricks and stuff

Ok ok, I will try not to be offended then. So do you think its weird if a deaf or hoh perosn you don't know says hi and introduces themselves to you if they see you using ASL? Where I am from, other hoh people and deaf people have always responded positively when I approach using ASL. We...

Yes, but she doesn't use ASL in class. She can hear enough with her hearing aids it seems. But I saw her talking to a hearing person after class, and I noticed her hands make some ASL signs while she was talking. It seemed to me she wasn't aware that she was even making signs as she talked...

Yes, I also thought maybe that was it. That would be too bad, but I know when we are young and trying to fit in, sometimes its hard to accept yourself.

Yes I guess I can see how some of you feel its not rude to aknowledge me just because we are both hoh. But she isn't older with hearing aids like a baby boomer. She is around my age, maybe in her mid 20s. And I also know that she knows ASL because I saw her sign a few things outside of class to...

I was in my first day of class the other day and I was using ASL terps. My ASL terp is interpreting the lecture, and all of a sudden she stops and signs, "look! There is another hoh person in this class!" She describes where the person is sitting, and I see a person with two hearing aids sitting...

Seriously? A coustomer told you this?! :shock:

I didn't tell my new employer I was hard of hearing. I did the interview one on one and so I used my risidual hearing along with lip reading. Maybe that isn't the most honest, but I know how hard it is to get hired when you tell employers up front. So I faked it. Once I got hired and went...

Hi, I have a similar situation to you. I understand how you feel. I took ASL classes at the Jr college. This worked really well for me. But you will need to use it in real life to really start getting good. So you will need to meet someone who knows ASL or you will need to start using...