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Originally posted by Buckeye12
The only speech I've heard from a deaf person has been on TV.
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...I learned all of my officating from watching TV, too
Speech is mostly affected with those who have been hearing impaired since birth. For my colleagues, their hearing loss was gradual into their adult years, so their speech is "normal".
With the advent of technology, and tiny stealth hearing aids, chances are that you proably encounter more "deaf" people than you are even aware.
I love working with them, especially when a coach discovers that all of their yelling has truly fallen on deaf ears.