I noticed there is a lot of misunderstanding when I tell someone I'm deaf. Most people don't grasp what it means. They assume I'm just hard of hearing. I think the confusion stems from language use. A lot of people… Read more What being deaf means to me July 16th, 2014
Coming December I will be deaf for seven years. Seven years of daily intense lipreading, weird looks, impressed looks, comments, confusing my deafness with my IQ level and so on. I also learned a lot about people. Nothing like a… Read more The social conundrum of being late-deafened