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Of course, there are some people who are so engrossed in deaf culture that they place a lot of emphasis on deaf pride... so they call me a "hearie wanna-be". :roll:
Hard-of-hearing.
Of course, it depends on who I'm talking to.
If I'm talking to a hearing person who doesn't know anything about deaf culture, I simply say that I'm deaf.
If I'm talking to a deaf person, I will say that I'm hard-of-hearing.
Of course, there are some people who are so engrossed in deaf culture that they place a lot of emphasis on deaf pride... so they call me a "hearie wanna-be". :roll: