"Oral deaf and hard of hearing people often resent being viewed as being part of the Deaf community which is often the result of a mainstreamed confusion about the provision of accommodation. In addition, the hearing population can be puzzled by the myriad of communication options and communication supports resulting in situations where a needed accommodation is attempted, but falls short. For example, non-signing people with hearing loss regularly arrive at events advertised as accessible expecting appropriate amplification or text-based access, only to find a signed language interpreter standing by but no captioner or amplification technology. "
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