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My male cousin was born completely deaf, he is now about 50. Never heard a sound his whole life - hard to understand his world.

My female cousin who works with me was born with hearing and lost it due to measles, I believe, when she was about 4. She used to wear a hearing aid when she was younger but no longer does. I will ask her on Monday if she can hear anything. She definitely cannot hear when you talk to her because you have to find ways to get her attention. She reads lips. She grew up going to deaf schools.