I’ve had a reverse case of marketing, however. The armed forces keeps trying to recruit me on my campus. I see them come up to me, so I casually tuck my hair back behind my ear, then they see my hearing aid or cochlear implant, then they practically ignore me. It’s a funny sort of sad.

You’re right. I feel excluded when people ignore us like the recruiters do. We all want to be wanted, and are hurt when we’re turned down, though we can and often do whatever hearing people do, and often more than what they do.

I mean, hearing classmates complain about their 15 credit hour workload, and get bad grades, while I’m doing a load and a half and am getting a 3.975 and a few scholarships.

Sad. But nice to know I’m not crazy or the only one