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I do understand how all these possible factors may influence the life experiences and therefore the opinions of all deaf people, my dissertation  certainly does not lump all deaf people into one pidgeon hole so to speak, the reason that the criteria for my participants is so wide (only criteria being that they be deaf) is to get the widest possible sample group, so that I am able to get as many deaf people with as many opinions and experiences as possible. If participants were vetted too much I'd end up with a much less representative sample of the deaf community than if I were to put lots of conditions on my possible participants.