Deuterium peaks are not observed in an
1H NMR spectrum because
2H resonates at a very different frequency than
1H.
1H does couple to
2H but the coupling constant is incredibly small (I looked around and it seems the J
HH and J
HD values are around a ratio of 1 to 6; another value I found puts it at about 0.01-0.02 ppm). So, I guess if your resolution is good enough you could see it. As I understand, if you deliberately deuterate specific positions in a complex molecule, the resonances of the deuterated positions in the proton NMR spectrum will disappear, and the resonances of protons adjacent to the deuterated position will slightly broaden. The broadening is due to J
HD. (See, for example, Figure 7.2.7
here.)