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OP might be over complicating things. E.G. If
narrator is Deaf, that doesn't preclude him from narrating, he may not understand what is being said by another but can still contribute as a narrator, at the very least his confusion. Try using a Stream of consciousness as used by Joyce or Irvine Welsh is a common literary medium. Are thoughts not universal in terms of language thus avoiding the problem (if there is one). Maybe my comparison to deafness is not valid. But it is based on personal experience. I have moderate to major hearing loss and schoolboy French in a Scot's accent, my visits to France are always fun ! Maybe a comedy in the making.

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