Have you seen this, btw:
http://www.alldeaf.com/general-chat/98153-baby-ava.html
Perhaps I didn't say it clear enough - as opposed to be late deafened.
Being born deaf, or HoH, we are being used to deal with it from the very minute we are being born.
It's a natural state for us.
Of course it doesn't mean it's a bed of roses all the time.
ADA - of course. But don't be naive, an employer can make a refusal
looking like it was given on any other ground but poor speech.
Fuzzy