Not all Late-Deafened adults embrace their deafness by making it their career, but I did. All of my life experiences after losing my hearing led me to establish a career working with Deaf people, and I know it was meant to be. Yet coming to this realization has not been an easy process…

…Late-Deafened individuals are sometimes automatically judged as “not Deaf enough” simply because they could once hear…

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…For a Late-Deafened individual, the journey into deafhood is mostly about coming to terms with our new identity and deciding which road we will travel. Whether we learn sign language or to lip-read, whether we wear hearing aids, get cochlear implants, use both or neither, whether we marry, work with or socialize among Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deaf, Deaf-Blind or Hearing individuals, we all ultimately find our place in life…

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