Introduction to Deafness
Deafness - either total or partial - is a significant health issue today. A major source of this problem is due to loud sound. The likelihood of going deaf due to loud sound is increasing because of occupational and recreational sources of loud sound.
Now you may think deafness isn't that problematic. One of the major problems with deafness is social isolation. You stop attending parties or going out because understanding people, especially in even moderately noisy environments, becomes a problem. Something you have to strain at. And that's demanding – it makes you tired even after only a few minutes. There are also all the other problems – you mishear what the service attendant says you owe, and find you've underpaid – oh the embarrassment of it. Or even worse, when you think someone said something rather different from what they actually did and you respond in an inappropriate way...
Let me remind you of the statement of Helen Keller, who was both deaf and blind:
"Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people."
So look after your hearing – it can only get worse from birth.