Do deaf people prefer sign language?

Some people who become deaf later in life may learn sign language to receive information but prefer to respond using spoken language. When someone automatically defaults to sign language (real or mimed/gestures) with a deaf or hard-of-hearing person, it may be counterproductive.

Why would some deaf people feel uncomfortable having an ASL interpreter present at their appointments?

Although the provision of sign language interpreters is a positive form of access to communication, it could be perceived as problematic for two reasons: (1) the loss of agency for deaf signers in communicatively performing and projecting their identity (self) because an other has to make choices about how they are