A word of advice on this - get a disability lawyer, okay? If you try to do it yourself, they just almost automatically reject the claim. A disability lawyer will know the tricks and how to get your claim through. My friend's H has a brain injury (serious - I mean, parts of his brain are MISSING) and they still rejected his claim the first time. Once they got a disability lawyer it went smoothly.
Then - think about what you REALLY want to do with your life. Disability pay is pretty low, and plenty of deaf people have good jobs. Do you need to go back to school to train in some skill that doesn't depend on hearing? Perhaps some kind of computer work where you could communicate through email with your employer? Don't resign yourself to being a victim and only making a pittance on disability - you are worth more than that! Make yourself a truly valuable employee. Or start a business of your own. Dream BIG.
