![]() Saying that in conversation is very different than shouting it from a stage in song. An example Maxey uses is the term ‘ turn up’. When Maxey interprets for artists like Chance the Rapper or D.R.A.M., it is not standard word-for-word ASL. ![]() If it was a group environment, forget about it.” “I think my situation is especially different with growing up in a hearing world, yet always working 10 times harder to hear with hearing aids and trying to lip-read what everyone is saying, knowing I can’t hear everything yet pretending that I could. ![]() “I always felt like I was too deaf for the hearing world, yet too hearing for the deaf world,” Maxey has said. He’s also an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter who joined Grammy-winning Chance the Rapper on his Be Encouraged tour in 2017. Watch Will.i.am speaking about tinnitus in this video.īorn with a profound hearing loss, Matt Maxey is the founder of DEAFinitely Dope. “In 2007, 2013 and this year, I got all my frequency tests and the curve … It’s proper loss.” When I went to the doctor and got an ear test, they said, ‘Your ears are that of someone a lot older.'” Will.i.am said in an interview. In 2010, multi-platinum Grammy Award winner and hip hop artist Will.i.am revealed that he suffers from tinnitus – a constant ringing in the ears, and that doctors told him he will eventually lose his hearing. This article is part of our Famous Deaf People series! You can also read about famous deaf and hard-of-hearing actors and famous deaf people who changed the world on our blog. Many talented musicians were born with hearing loss, and many have acquired hearing loss or tinnitus from the effects of prolonged exposure to loud music.īelow is a list of accomplished artists who have gone on the record about their hearing loss. It’s a common misconception that deaf people can’t play or hear music.ĭeafness is a spectrum, and even those who are profoundly deaf can feel music through vibrations. Famous Deaf People: 12 Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Musicians
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