Hearing impairment

A hearing impairment is a decrease in one's ability to hear (i.e. perceive auditory information). While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many lead to a permanent disability (often called deafness).

Quotations

• "Blindness cuts you off from things; deafness cuts you off from people." -- Helen Keller
• "What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears. The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind." -- Victor Hugo
• "Deaf people can do anything except hear.". -- I. King Jordan