- professional use
- Appropriate in posts about workplace accessibility, Deaf employee inclusion, and disability advocacy content.
- post context
- Used by Deaf professionals to signal their identity or by HR/DEI professionals in posts about inclusive hiring.
- appropriateness
- Highly appropriate in accessibility and DEI contexts; inappropriate if used sarcastically or dismissively in professional settings.
- comment use
- Supportive comments on accessibility posts; occasionally used to signal genuine hearing loss in professional self-disclosure.