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Classification
These categories may be overlapping. Deafness or hearing impairment may be:
- Unilateral – loss of hearing in one ear only
- Pre-lingual – deafness at birth or deafness acquired before language is learned
- Peri-lingual deafness|Peri-lingual – deafness acquired while in the midst of learning a first language
- Post-lingual – acquired after a language has been learned
- Partial loss of hearing|Partial – limited hearing loss
- Progressive hearing loss|Progressive – hearing loss which increases over time
- Profound – complete or near-complete inability to hear
- Tone deaf – inability to distinguish between relative pitch (in music)
- Tinnitus – hearing damage characterized by a high pitched ringing in the ears which drowns out other sounds
Age of onset is also a significant factor.