True, it happens to me, I informed them over the phone well ahead before the flight and they get plenty of time to be aware of the deaf passenger on board...which is pleasent.
Whoa, mate.. I hope that doesn't happen in the near future but for me mine was completely different and it has surprised me... a lady, last year when I was on my way home from Adeliade, knew a bit of sign language and that was the great opporunity so we can commnuicate a bit easier. It happened to me again when I was on my first flight too.. in 1997.
