So different deaf people have different hearing abilities. For individuals with mild hearing loss, they hear plenty. But they are generally unable to hear soft sounds, or find it difficult to understand speech in noisy environments. read more
How people “label” or identify themselves is personal and may reflect identification with the deaf and hard of hearing community, the degree to which they can hear, or the relative age of onset. For example, some people identify themselves as “late-deafened,” indicating that they became deaf later in life. read more