Here, in a handy question-and-answer format, are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about deaf people, their community, and their language. Concise, easy-to-read, designed for those with no prior background. FOR HEARING PEOPLE ONLY makes a formidably complex subject accessible. Each chapter can be read as an independent unit. This is the first book of its kind–written especially for laypeople who are curious about deaf people and would like to separate truth from stereotype, fact from misconception, reality from myth.