Judging by how he speaks, he was born completley or almost completley deaf. If he lost it later in life his speech would still be clear and at the most have volume control issues.
Yea, I just have hearing issues and I can tell my speech is different in periods where my hearing is worse. If I can’t hear myself, I can’t hear how my words sound and I tend to mumble and/or slur words. I can see how prolonged periods of hearing loss would deteriorate speech.
Oh! I didn't have the sound on, silly me! In that case, yes, he must have been born deaf or lost it extremely early. I lost a lot of hearing at the age of four (vaccinate your kids), but that is already late enough that my speech is normal. I've been told that my loss is severe enough that it would have affected my speech had I been born with it.
Just as blind people vary in how much residual eyesight they have, and how much technology helps, deaf people vary in how much residual hearing they have, and how much hearing tech helps (and how much they have - it can be expensive). I have "moderate to severe" hearing loss, but I'm not profoundly deaf, and my hearing aids are excellent. They help a lot, and I can hear audio on Reddit if I remember to turn the audio on! So many have silly music that I've gotten in the habit of listening muted. Is that what you meant?
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u/meowiful Jul 09 '26
This is absolutely beautiful. Dogs just understand us. It's certainly my favorite codependent besties of the animal kingdom relationships.