To affect one's hearing, there would have to be something wrong with the inner ear. Hearing comes from sound waves that are funneled through the ear to the tympanic membrane. The tympanic membrane vibrates, which intern vibrates the bones of the inner ear, which connect to a complex component called the cochlea. It is here that vibration is translated into information that the brain can understand as a specific sound. A bump outside of the ear does not affect the inside of the ear, unless that bump is just the tip of a really big iceberg that extends to the center of the ear canal. This is not a likely scenario. Thomas A. Bea
Hard of hearing refers to having some degree of hearing loss that may make it difficult to hear sounds clearly or at typical volumes.
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Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing was created in 1984.
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.
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If you're talking about Andrea Boccelli my understanding is he's blind (happened late in life) not hard of hearing.
Someone who isn't deaf is typically referred to as hearing, or as having normal 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).
Deaf. Deaf just describes a quality about the person. But "hearing impaired," while it may sound nicer to some, actually implies that the person has something wrong with them. Plus "impaired" sounds a bit like someone who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. As for the "hard of hearing," that or "people with hearing loss" are the preferred terms. Saying "deaf and hard of hearing people" is good for speaking more collectively about both groups.
Yes. I have fibromyalgia and I get hard knots and bruises on my thighs they are so tender to the touch I cry just being touched or walking. I was told this was the cause.