In truth Jim, they will never be excepted by Big D, even if you scored zero across the board, you ain’t Big D, this is a closed culture, you have to be born Deaf, be part of a Deaf family that signs, Social Workers for the Deaf whom sign, are tolerated, and perhaps excepted, unfortunately HOH are more of a an irritation, and left in limbo, they are neither part of the hearing world, nor will they ever be excepted into Deaf culture… A tadge ruthless I know, but it is what it is…Tis their culture, and outsiders aren’t welcome, they are fairly zealous in protecting their culture, there are in truth so few of them left, Cochlear Implantation (In children) is extremely frowned upon, in their eyes it’s an abomination, destroying their culture, and their way of life… If you look at it from their perspective, they see absolutely no problems with being unable to hear, they can sign, and effectively communicate in their own language, to them there isn’t a problem! Cheers Kev