Analyzing the dynamics of the interaction between work and health among professionals with disabilities requires recognizing that this interaction may be shaped by social processes. Based on analyses of the career paths and workplaces of employees who are deaf, have become deaf, or are hard of hearing, we show that ignorance about deafness can lead to disregard for safety and the law, and thus to situations of danger. We highlight that these employees negotiate their work arrangements and readjust the ways in which they cooperate and share information in order to work. It is within the context of hindered adaptation and work that their health may be affected by their jobs. Their career paths make it clear that language and the collective are the frameworks for workplace activity and health. Transforming these career paths depends on a renewed perspective on the resources of these employees, as well as on work and organizations. [author’s abstract]