So that's where we got confused. What I mean by HLAA/SHHH type of person is someone who does the late deafened forums/listservs, and may be a part of a formal HLAA/SHHH group (they do face to face interaction) But they are basicly "hearing impaired"
Meaning they don't really think of themselves as dhh people (in terms of culture) but rather hearing people without hearing. In other words they don't feel comfortable with the fact that they can't hear AT ALL. They tend more towards Hearing Health 101, and All About The Latest ALDs/Hearing Aids, and if there was a cure tomorrow, they'd take it without a second thought.
You CAN be late/postlingal deafened and not be just exclusively about Hearing Health 101, and of course you can be very positive about being dhh.
Heck, a lot of our late deaf posters here I would descibe as "almost Deaf" (except for the fact that they're not fluent in ASL)
Make sense now?
