hugoboss84
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No offense to anybody out here, but I have been thinking whether learning the ASL would be worth it or not. I am HOH since Age 5, lost my hearing further and I am now with a CI. I can really speak, but I hate to say that my speech is not perfect. No matter how much speech therapy I undergo, it is becoming really hard to accept that I have a "speech disability" too. I live in the hearing world, I have no deaf/HOH friends (never had all my life!) and I dont know how I could connect with most of them.
I remember I was in RIT for an event two years back, and I was amazed - people out there communicated in ASL. I could barely find anyone who spoke English, so whoever I met with, I ended up communicating through paper and pen. (It sounds really stupid of me!!). Its not like I would visit Gallaudet or RIT often, but I am wondering whether learning the ASL would be good or not. Am I losing out on something??
I remember I was in RIT for an event two years back, and I was amazed - people out there communicated in ASL. I could barely find anyone who spoke English, so whoever I met with, I ended up communicating through paper and pen. (It sounds really stupid of me!!). Its not like I would visit Gallaudet or RIT often, but I am wondering whether learning the ASL would be good or not. Am I losing out on something??