When communication becomes the harbinger to being ahead in society, one should never consider it a reason to binge on self-pity and extract oneself from the outside world. Rose Pizzo did exactly the opposite.Growing up with the loss of her hearing posed a great challenge for Rose who was raised in a hearing family. Having worked as a Data Entry Operator for several years, she describes her daily life as fun but with degree of difficulty and effort in it. She shares her stories in the book, Growing Up Deaf: Issues of Communication in a Hearing World.Stories of being left out and ostracized, which sometimes make the spirit weak, are explored in ...