It is natural to be curious.
To be able to learn more on the difference between people, I find it to be encouraging, as this kind of knowledge would help expand our minds toward new things that we may never experience in our life.
Someone on a geek forum (arstechnica.com) took the step to ask me some really interesting questions about my deafness. Answering his questions, I thought that it would be great to share it with everyone.
I am profound deaf, but are usually misunderstood to be “hard of hearing” as I went through intensive training to be able to communicate with hearing people. I am not too immersed in the Deaf world (and is slowly fixing that), as I was mainstreamed.
I also took the liberty to share the question with my girlfriend, who is totally deaf (as she does not wear any hearing devices) to gain her insight. She is very much a part of the Deaf world, even though she was also mainstreamed.
I also would like to invite everyone reading this to share their answers.
I also would like to encourage the readers to submit more questions for all of us to answer.
I hope this will be enjoyable for everyone.
