The deaf need text support

PARDON? 9 out of 10 people I meet have no idea I am profoundly deaf.
 I could easily make them aware by using sign language, but people tend to put a label on you as a random member of some subculture based on not hearing anything if you do that, and I’d rather be seen as an individual who just happens to have a profound hearing loss. 
If there is a label to be handed out then ‘deafened’ would be the nearest description, although this suggests some sort of ‘deliberate’ act has led to me not hearing and that isn’t the case.
People in my position, and indeed millions of others with various degrees of hearing loss, suffer huge issues of poor support and access where it counts, eg, 999 areas and GPs etc – even opticians and dentists don’t support you to have those important tests we all need. 
Not even disability support areas and the local authorities provide what you need, either because the charity hasn’t the funds to pay for it, or the LA is unsure if you making an enquiry puts the onus on them to assist you.
By comparison, if you are a deaf person who relies entirely on sign language then you are 25 times more likely to get supported than I am, because my lip-reading is getting worse, and the access to text support is almost non-existent in Wales.
I’ve lost count of asking areas for text support and then being offered sign language instead, it’s a bit like a Welsh speaker being offered a Spanish interpreter.