Even amongst other deaf people, I am unusual, because I have a rare type of hearing loss called Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. This means that everything about my ears works fine and as normal, but my nerves do not.
I’m still Deaf! Because 1/4
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a part of hearing is in the wiring, and mine doesn’t work. Hence why I’m severely Deaf. In a nutshell, my hardware is normal, and should be working fine, but the wiring doesn’t, and so nothing really works.
And of course, already damaged wiring can get 2/4
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worse as time goes on, which is what is happening with me. So I am rather worried that one day I’ll be profound. I’m trying to get comfortable with that, but it’s still scary. So learning Auslan is super important.
So that’s 3/4
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a brief note about my kind of hearing loss!

As an additional reminder to hearings – will you please quit acting like Deafness is just profound and a lack of listening‽ Thanks. 4/4
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