Neither.
Beethoven began to lose his hearing in his late twenties.
Deaf or hard of hearing !you are welcomewhen you are aurally challenged you are born deaf! your welcome!!!!!!!!
He was not deaf nor hard of hearing.
deaf or hard of hearing people can do everything except hearing.
Yes, you should capitalize "Deaf" when referring to the Deaf culture and community. "Hard of hearing" is generally not hyphenated when used as a descriptor before a noun, but it can be hyphenated when used as a compound modifier before a noun (e.g., she is hard-of-hearing).
Yes, Anthony is actually deaf.
If a person is "hard of hearing" it means they find it hard to hear things, they either have a congenital hearing problem or for some reason (eg age, disease or industrial injury) they are going deaf.
William E. Shaw
There are about 9 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK
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He never had a mental illness. He gradually got hard of hearing till he went totally deaf.
Someone who isn't deaf is typically referred to as hearing, or as having normal hearing.
hard of hearing, stone deaf, oblivious, indifferent, ummoved, unsymphathetic, impervious, unhearing