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Sloping audiograms: For people with sloping audiograms (it may have been called ‘sensorineural’, ‘sensory-neural’, ‘nerve deafness’ etc.) what you hear can continue to sound as loud as ever but make less and less sense.

The Q Files: Frequently asked questions.

Several other articles on this site contain commonly requested background information:

Ways people become deaf.

How I became deaf.

Most people do not acquire sign language skills as rapidly as they acquire their hearing loss. How real-time reporting can be used for good quality transcription (available today, i.e. perhaps 5–10 years before automatic speech recognition gets practical.)

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