First of all, no audiologist would tell you that you re 53% deaf, they would tell you in decibels. also, because it is written, I do not see why you would need the extra time on an exam, unless you had other issues going on as well. I have had times, when I wasn't on grade level for my English that my questions were signed to me, then I wrote them, the reading portioned were signed and I wrote them... but that generally doesn't take that much more time.