That happened to me so I moved on and made new friends. If the deaf person's hearing friends are true friends they would be willing to meet some of the deaf person's needs if not all. I never expected my hearing friends to meet all my needs but the breaking point was that they wouldnt return my calls or call me because of the relay according to them. As a result, I wasnt invited to some events so I figured it was time to let them go and find new friends. About 10 years later one of them found me and sent me an email. She said that she regretted for what she did. I am not gonna change everything about myself to meet all their needs...there has to be a middle ground. That's my view.
As for work, classes, and whatnot..I accomplished all these without a CI. Many deaf people do fine so what was your point of these questions? To me it seems like u are implying that deaf people need to be able to hear to be able to do all these things u mentioned? Tell me if I am wrong or not.
