Deafies out there?

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Being Deaf is ... exhausting. It's physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausting to live in a world where deafness is completely misunderstood and disregarded. 
Is anyone else Deaf? Hard-of-hearing? 
How do you cope?

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I'm hoh and idk about coping.. I mean I've read lips for as long as I can remember I taught myself to do it since I'm the only one who had it in my family... at the end of the day my eyes are so tired and hurt depending on how much they worked that day.

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Me! Born deaf! But have a cochlear implant since i was 3 years old, went to deaf school for maybe 4 years and public the rest 8 years! I agree that it is exhausting, but I socialize in hearing and deaf world! My boyfriend is hearing and a lot of my friends are hearing as well and they learned sign language to communicate with me i can lip read as well. It gets frustrating when I can’t understand the group conversation and all but I tell my friends that i feel left out if they don’t help me understand and all, then they eventually started helping out and making sure i understood everything.

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Me! I've had a bilateral hearing loss as does my brother. I've had it since 18 months of age. Over many years of therapy I've learned maintaining eye contact, lip reading, and speaking proper English. I wear hearing aids in both of my ears and have severe-profound lost. I'm thinking of taking up ASL as my second language to learn more about my culture. Some people tell me that they don't even notice my hearing loss because of how well I've learned to speak. However I too will feel very drained on some days more than other...

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My Mother Is Deaf ... I Know Sign Language

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Same here! I usually just nodding and give brief info out. I can lipread but my speech is rubbish

Deafies out there?

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