I find cued speech to be a good communication tool especially when it comes to academics while sign language is a good communication tool for quick conversations.
Dude. It IS a communication method. I grew up with it and went to cued speech camps. You can look up on the history of cued speech starting with doctor cornet.
All I can tell you is to be yourself and if you get rejected, f*** him. He clearly isn't the right type for ya anyway. Just take your time to learn about other people. Take it nice and easy with them by having a good friendship and see where it goes down the road. Relationships always start by a...
Sometimes it annoys me when people ask me how good can I hear especially when I said I'm deaf. Like...Deaf. COMPLETELY deaf. If I do have any hearing, I would say I'm HoH but...deaf is where you CAN'T hear shit AT ALL. lol