Is there any difference between deaf and hearing impaired?

When does hearing loss become classified as deaf or hearing impaired? Is it when it hits a certain percentage of hearing loss?
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Really the words "hearing impaired" is just another way of saying deafness, but it can also include those who have mild to moderate hearing loss. Let's say that you want have an educational program for students whom have hearing loss. To call it a "deaf program" would be too limited, so they would typically use the terms "hearing impaired" instead to cover all ranges of hearing loss.

I went to a mainstream hearing impaired program at a public school during elementary school. There are state schools for the deaf where sign language is the main mode of communication. They use the word "deaf" because that is more of what they specialize in.

Look here on this chart http://www.stronghealth.com/services/aud...

Degrees of hearing loss is classifed as: mild, moderate, moderate to severe, severe, and profound based on how much they can hear. Those whom have mild to moderate hearing loss are considered "hard-of-hearing" and those that have severe to profound hearing loss are "deaf."

Hard of hearing people can understand what they hear with hearing aids, such has talking on the phone, recognize most sounds without problems. Those who are deaf, even when they wear hearing aids, they can't talk on the phone or recognize all sounds, just some of it.

I'm profoundly deaf and wear hearing aids. I can't talk on the phone, but I can hear about 50% of sounds with my hearing aids. Without my hearing aids, I hear nothing.

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Loss of hearing (impared) deaf, no hearing abilites

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Hearing impaired is when you start to lose your hearing, where you cannot hear certain decibals of sound or everything sounds muffled, as in partial hearing. Deaf is when you cannot hear anything at all. Hope that helps.

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deaf is the inability to hear entirely. You can be deaf in both ears or only one .
Hearing impaired means to have difficulty hearing without a hearing aid.
You can also have tone deafness or impairment where certain tone are hard to hear or unable to be heard at all.

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no deaf is completely not able to hear; but also legally it does have the percentage factor

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Hearing impaired is when you can still hear, but not as much as you used to. It can be corrected with a hearing aid. Deaf is where you can not hear anything, and most deaf people have trouble speaking because they can not hear themselves, while hearing impaired persons usually speak very loudly.

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Yes there is a difference. Hearing impaired is hard of hearing and deaf is you hear no sound at all.

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I have a 70% loss in one ear, so I'm considered hearing impaired. I use a hearing aid to get by. My grandmother had a 100% loss in both ears, and she was classified as deaf. Hearing aids couldn't help her.

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