Hello Carmen. I am Deaf and am slowly learning ASL. Like Shel90, I was born hoh and raised orally. I had hearing aids from ages 7-10 and ages 38-42. Money kept me from having them in the intervening years. I never knew about the Deaf culture until I was 40 or so. At 43, I lost all of my hearing due to a "freak" birth related issue. I am learning ASL by way of books, the internet and have attended one short small class.
Hope you have fun here on AllDeaf and no, we don't mind the questions. We are generally easy to get along with, but as AliciaM mentioned, Some do have their opinions and at times, some issues are very hotly debated.
