Go out to dinner, grab a beer with them and their friends. You will learn more from them through immersion than anywhere else. Learn to sign basic English and they'll teach you ASL.
When I lived in Greenville back in the 80's I was a member of the Greenville deaf club and did volunteer work at Spartanburg School for the Deaf. It's a whole different world being the only hearing person at the table in a crowded restaurant, know that.
Listen to your elders. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong.
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" Sir Winston Churchill
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