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people sure do have this obsession with good speech when you are deaf. It's tiring as I hear it ALL the time. At first, they thought I was from a foriegn country because I have an accent and wanted to know where I'm from. I tell them I'm from here and I'm deaf. It's fine that they tell I have good speech because they feel bad about commenting my accent in the first place. But there other times they didn't say anything about my accent. They didn't even know I was deaf and as soon as I tell them, they tell me I have good speech or I speak very well . I know they are just impress that a deaf person can speak because other times, people make me repeat because they couldn't understand what I was saying. people told me I talk funny too.