May I ask a question back without starting a new thread? I think it fits here. How do you, a deafie, handle a situation where a person ...stranger, coworker, customer, family member, neighbor, clerk, has to be informed that you are deaf and they give you a condecending smile, then either A. continue trying to talk to you as if you had not said that or B. they give you "the smile" then walk away giving up on an attempt to communicate. ???????
I am late deafened and this is one of the things I am contending with. I get really angry but internalize it.
