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I have seen many deaf players it shouldn't be a problem at all. Obviously they are used to not being able to hear. The only thing is you mentioned you are in the east so the game might not be as easy to read.

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No. I have seen deaf players play in LA without a problem. The only thing I know about east coast poker is that when I used to audition dealers in Vegas the "experienced" dealers from the east typically were behind a good break in that went to school in the west.

Also "reading the game" is what we refer to as being able to look at a game from across the room or on tape and being able to tell what the action is. This woudl be very similiar to what a deaf person would be looking at and with weaker dealers it is harder to tell what the action is without hearing it.