With that backdrop, the hiring of a deaf worker will be seen as an exciting opportunity, not a burden. Each deaf person is, of course, a complete and complex individual with the full range of human experiences, wants, and needs. What may be different is the mode of communication. What's the same is everything else. That's when the magic of diversity begins - when the underlying humanity we all share is touched.
Most deaf people are actually excellent communicators.
Every day deaf people must navigate their way through a largely hearing world. Out of necessity they have developed many ways of communicating with the hearing majority. It may be through writing notes back and forth, using email, using gestures and body language, pantomiming, pointing, lipreading and speaking, or through sign language and fingerspelling. A willingness to try to communicate is far more important than being a fluent signer. Be flexible, be creative, and use whatever works.