I lived my life like that for 25 years, always trying to hide the fact that I was HoH, always ashamed of my hearing loss. Yeah, I know what it's like. Most of us know what it's like. Some people choose to live their life as "hearing impaired." They want to think of themselves as a hearing person with just a bit of a hearing problem. You can reach out to these people, but you can't make them decide for themselves to come out of the shadows and realize that they are really are different, but that there is nothing to be ashamed of. Just because you do not have hearing, you are not impaired.
Keep reaching out.
