I thought hard of hearing is the same as deaf.
I've been bought up in the hearing world so I had to learn to cope with communicating by talking. I also get along with many fabulous deaf people as well as hearing people. I never ever looked down at anyone who's not oral or signs. I feel thats disgraceful. I treat everyone fair and equal.
I really don't get why some deaf people have something against hearing people. We get people deaf or hearing that are really unfair, thats life and we have to learn to be tough and brush them off.