Two of the Osmond brothers and Nanette Fabray all have hearing impairments. When Beethoven composed his ninth symphony, he was profoundly deaf. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was originally an instructor for deaf children and invented the telephone to help his deaf wife and mother to hear. Scuba divers often use sign language under water. Deaf people have created a language known as American Sign Language which has been linguistically defined as a separate language such as English, French, and German.
Statistics prove that deaf people live longer than hearing people.
Deaf people develop keener senses of observation, feeling, taste and smell to compensate for their loss of hearing. Deaf people appreciate advice or warnings regarding any noises that bother hearing people.