I guess some do, and probably get way more attention and respect that they should. I’m guessing you’re referring to the types who would try to deliberately engineer a deaf child so that the child would be closer to its parents’ culture.
I’m just hoping that someday, as I get older, there may be a way to get rid of my tinnitus and restore my hearing, which I’m sure will degrade badly as I age, given (like many of us from the Boomers onwards) have abused my hearing with loud dance clubs, concerts, and generally overly loud music. I’m 47 and I’ve already lost everything over 13 or 14 kHz (somewhat worse than average for my age) and the tinnitus drives me crazy sometimes.
It was in grade school in the late 1940s that I learned for the first time that not everyone had ringing in their ears. Normally, I don’t pay any attention to it, but when discussing it, the annoyance heightens. Back in the day when I smoked the occasional joint, the tinnitus rose up and felt like a calliope in my head.