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Thank you for your feedback. We definitely have to be our own best advocates. Our invisible 'disability' is misunderstood and minimized. It's so important to be open about it if we want to participate in the hearing world.

HLAA deserves a ton of credit for all the organization does. Prior to its founding in 1979 the hard of hearing population wasn't identified separately from the culturally Deaf population. We had no voice. So much has happened since the early 1980s and we are the beneficiaries of that education, information sharing, peer support and advovacy.

Is there an HLAA chapter in your area? http://www.hearingloss.org It's worth getting involved.