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Notable Deaf people are typically defined as those who have profound hearing loss in both ears as a result of either acquired or congenital hearing loss. Such people may be associated with Deaf culture. Deafness (little to no hearing) is distinguished from partial hearing loss or damage (such as tinnitus), which is less severe impairment in one or both sides. The definition of deafness varies across countries, cultures, and time, though the World Health Organization classes profound hearing loss as the failure to hear a sound of 90 decibels or louder in a hearing test.[1]

In addition to those with profound hearing loss, people without profound hearing loss may also identify as Deaf, often where the person is active within a Deaf community and for whom sign language is their primary language.[2] Those who have mostly lived as a hearing person and acquire deafness briefly, due to a temporary illness or shortly before death, for example, are not typically classed as culturally Deaf.

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Sports

American football

  • Albert Berg, American football player, coach, and writer
  • Derrick Coleman, American fullback and Super Bowl champion
  • Gilbert O. Erickson, American college football player and photographer
  • Bonnie Sloan, American defensive tackle and first deaf person drafted to the National Football League
  • Kenny Walker, American gridiron player and first deaf player in the Canadian Football League
  • Blaise Winter, American coach and former defensive end in the NFL

Association football

Athletics

Baseball

  • Michael Cuddyer, American outfielder in MLB during 2001–2015; two-time MLB All-Star
  • Dummy Deegan, American pitcher for the New York Giants in 1901
  • Ed Dundon, American pitcher and first deaf player in MLB, in 1883–1884
  • Tyson Gillies, Canadian outfielder and Pan American Games gold medalist
  • Dummy Hoy, American center fielder and most accomplished deaf player in MLB, during 1888–1902
  • Yuya Ishii, Japanese pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Dummy Leitner, American pitcher in MLB during 1901–1902
  • Thomas Lynch,[citation needed] American pitcher for the Chicago White Stockings (NL) in 1884
  • Curtis Pride, American outfielder in MLB during 1993–2006; college baseball coach
  • Dick Sipek, American outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds in 1945
  • Dummy Stephenson, American outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1892
  • Dummy Taylor, American pitcher in MLB during 1901–1908

Basketball

Cricket

  • Anjan Bhattacharjee, Indian first-class bowler for Bihar
  • Lance Cairns, New Zealand all-rounder and international test player
  • John Hodgkins, English first-class all-rounder for Nottinghamshire
  • Charlie McLeod, Australian all-rounder and international test player
  • Imran Sheikh, former captain of the deaf India national team
  • Baba Sidhaye, Indian first-class all-rounder and first national-level deaf-mute player
  • Umesh Valjee, former captain of the deaf England national team

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