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Hello,I am Amy. I am 33 years old and deaf... I think. I have 100-120dB hearing loss and this happened in adulthood. I am learning ASL but I also speak. I am thinking about getting cochlear implants. I want to refer to myself as deaf, but I don’t know if that is disrespectful because I use hearing aids to hear many sounds. I feel like I’m stuck in between the hearing world and the Deaf community and I’d really like to be part of the Deaf community. I’m learning all that I can. Anybody else struggle with self identification?
Hello,
I am Amy. I am 33 years old and deaf... I think. I have 100-120dB hearing loss and this happened in adulthood. I am learning ASL but I also speak. I am thinking about getting cochlear implants. I want to refer to myself as deaf, but I don’t know if that is disrespectful because I use hearing aids to hear many sounds. I feel like I’m stuck in between the hearing world and the Deaf community and I’d really like to be part of the Deaf community. I’m learning all that I can. Anybody else struggle with self identification?
