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Losing Hearing
Going from Hearing to Deaf

By Jamie Berke, About.com

Updated May 17, 2009

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Some people with hearing loss start their lives as hearing people, then over time, their hearing loss progresses from mild hearing loss to complete deafness as they lose hearing.

From Hearing to Deaf: JB Brown
JB Brown lost his hearing and it had major effects on both his career and personal life.

Pat Carter
Pat Carter started out hearing, and ended up deaf.

Organizations for Late-Deafened

Association of Late Deafened Adults
The Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA), provides support to late-deafened adults.
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