I'm Hoh, but I also think of myself as Deaf ...
I speak and with my HA I can "Get by" orally in quiet, but I also use ASL, I value Deaf Culture and Identity ... and while I'm might not 100% fit in the Deaf World ... I will never fit in the Hearing World. I actually talked to many of my Deaf friends from Deaf families and asked what they thought of me identifying as Hoh/Deaf and they all were very supportive - When meeting new people who are Deaf or Hoh I do provide all the appropriate history so it's not as if I'm "pretending to be something I'm not"
not sure if that helps any ?
I'm proud to be Deaf
