I am born pro-found deaf. I am struggling to be hired as a software programmer (Bachelor Science in Computer Science graduated in 2012).

My past experience with career fair recruiters and phone conversion with Human Resource department shows that majority of software development business are inexperienced when it comes to communication practices of deaf people.

One of the most common question I had in the few actual interview I have done is pretty much this. "If you were hired how would you communicate in the work place?" I almost always answer that we can use paper, e-mail, text, skype/IM chat, Video Relay Service, and other method that are visual based.

I also notice that sometime there is a third party involved with the hiring process (contractor for a client) which usually further complicate this matter.

So I am wondering what is the best way and time to let potential employers knows that I am deaf?