Bottesini has a good point. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it looks like your doctors have told you your deafness was acquired as a result of your recent treatment for pain from the car accident, is that right? Given that you have become deaf as an adult, your mother may not be aware of the full extent of your injuries or the impact it's had on you unless you share your medical records with her. If my mother didn't already know some ASL (my daughter is deaf from birth), I suspect that I told her I had recently become deaf it would be a pretty long time before she started making the accommodations yours already seems to be doing (flashing lights, texting, using ASL).
