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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jdvn1" data-source="post: 5173804" data-attributes="member: 26424">If I may answer these questions from my own experience...The problem isn't quite the same in a face-to-face game. In a face-to-face game, sound is much more clear than through computer speakers, and there are visual aids and reading lips. A hearing impaired person has difficulty understanding what's going on in a group situation, but it's an easily surmountable problem if the members of the group are sensitive to the problem. They can be sure to face the hearing impaired person, enunciate their words, and avoid covering their mouths. Over the internet, seeing someone's lips is difficult.And, many hearing impaired people can read lips very well. They often miss a lot of what's being said, but they get enough to piece together the parts using what little they hear and visual cues, and minimal clarification is required.Having been around hearing impaired people for much of my life, I must say it's been incentive to learn at least some sign language. Enough to carry a basic conversation, anyways. If one person in the group was also incented to do so, he could serve as a translator.Google has decent speech recognition software, but unfortunately hasn't provide on-the-fly translation services for general use.</blockquote>