I am very familiar with this issue Tina. Dan, a friend of ours has been
deaf from a very young age. He reads lips and speaks pretty clearly and
this has allowed him to integrate into mainstream society fairly well.
Some of his signing only friends not so much. They are pretty isolated.
I have a beard and have to remember to face him directly and enunciate
clearly as he says the beard is like a curtain. Dan adapted a deaf dog
so you can imagine how that works out :)
M
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