I think at my former work place people were somewhat confused about me. I am Deaf and they sometimes didn't know what to do with me. I lipread but have difficu

I think at my former work place people were somewhat confused about me. I am Deaf and they sometimes didn't know what to do with me. I lipread but have difficulties in meetings. I also avoided joining social gatherings, for example coffee breaks, because lipreading is, well, exhausting. Still, I delivered code and the company was satisfied with my work, and sometimes they were surprised about that. So people perhaps tried to like me and enjoy my presence, but probably felt unconfortable instead pitying me and asking themselves how they would manage if they were Deaf.