Being deaf in a hearing world.

What is it like to be deaf in a hearing world?

Being deaf in a hearing world would be extremely difficult, and I can't even begin to think about how hard that would be to cope. Reading Five Flavors of Dumb gives a bit of insight into a world where the main character Piper is a manger of the band Dumb, and has one of the greatest obstacles. She is deaf. Some of the things she has to go through are heart breaking, her struggle following people's conversations and her parents spending of her college fund to buy cochelar implants for her baby sister. Something she has wanted, but her parents never had the money to get for her. I decided to look further into what it is like to be deaf and came across this website:
http://library.thinkquest.org/15390/sstart.htm,
this website gives a lot of good information on many different questions you may have.
       
The website I linked gives you basic information, reasons for losing your hearing, sign language tutorials, and frequently asked questions. It is a great resource and I learned a lot. It shows how tough and strong you must be if one of your six senses does not work properly. In the book I am reading Piper shows she is strong, persistant, and is unstoppable as a manager even with a slight drawback. Her life isn't always easy, but she keeps going, and proves she can do anything she wants, and nothing can stop her.