I type on phone or tablet if my signs are not understood. I use sign language but our family is not fluent. One brother knows asl.
When communicating I have a hard time understanding language. I'm looking cochlear implant, I have hearing aides but they don't seem to work well. Everyone...
Trust youself. Study deaf people who were successful. I have a deaf family and I remeber my late deaf mother who spent a lot of time in bed and PJs and refused to learn sign. I was 10. My deaf bro went to RIT and learned sign. Totally opened my world.