Yes, some deafness is heriditary while some deafness is not.
Post- Vocational Deafness:
what are the cause of partial deafness
Deafness is when somone is unable to hear anything.
Like allergies and birthmarks, deafness as a symptom by itself is not genetic. Deafness as a symptom of a disease which is genetic, is genetic.
Anacusis is the medical term meaning complete deafness.
Pietrus sp? Waardenburg discovered Waardenburg syndrome in the Netherlands. It was the early 50s. I think it was 1951. He was a Dutch ophthmologist (eye doctor MD) who discovered many school children with different colored eyes (heterochromatica ) were deaf. WS is a leading cause of deafness.
deafness, trouble speaking, general confusion
His despair was deafness
Inborn Deafness is a trouble speaking or general fusion
An example "He suffered from industrial deafness".
temporary deafness