Sometimes it can seem like all I truly know is that I'm not hearing.

Miscommunication is a fact of life. We just have to deal with it more often than most people.

Everything that is new has the potential to be terrifying.  But with change, we adapt. Like disabled people have don for, you know, all of human history. Modify, adjust, transform, innovate ... We wouldn't know our limitations if people didn't keep telling us.

It's not hearing loss -- it's Deaf gain.