Quote Originally Posted by MsEricka View Post
Allow me to be blunt. You should say you have a hearing disability right after you join the group.

That lets others know immediately that they need to type to you.

Low levels may not be an issue with instructions, but high level quests and raids sometimes require instructions or directions and if you don't say that you can hear the party leader, they may assume you're just not paying attention and kick you.

However in regards to the user in the OP, they were a jerk. It's no loss.

Your best bet to finding a group that will learn to work your disability is to find a good guild that runs a little of everything. This way you don't need to constantly explain any issue and you have players that know how to work with you and you with them.

tl;dr
Pugs suck, find a guild.
I agree with this poster

I also have no issues with people who can't hear. Often if someone is listening to music or has sound off due to family members sleeping or whatever they will announce it as soon as they join a quest. "hey, I'm going to be playing with my sound off so please type anything relevant."

Some group leaders will specify "must be able to hear" in the lfm. I do think that people should take into consideration those who are hearing impaired but unfortunately not all party leaders are kind considerate people.