It's the way that people respond to my deafness, the outdated way people respond to my deafness -- pity, patronization, even anger -- because that just cancels out the human connection that technology achieves.

这是人们对我的耳聋的反应方式，人们对我的耳聋反应的过时方式——怜悯、光顾，甚至愤怒——因为这只会抵消技术实现的人际关系。