WAIT...........our "bubble?!?!" Oh LORD....FYI, most young dhh folks who sign ALSO have a hefty dose of speech training for PARTIAL access to the hearing world.......Are you the type of person who is absolutly fasinated by microsocities like the Amish, Gullah,Cajun,and others but yet is all "they should learn English and "assimulate?"
There's a HUGE HUGE difference in commenting that dhh KIDS (a completely different population from late deafned/old person dhh) have gotten along very well without hearing 24/7,or when swimming etc for decades.....Their friends can be taught some basic sign or the dhh kid can speechread!