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by dangus 1355 days ago
There aren’t even 700 million people in the entire world who have any form of hearing loss.

The rate is 5%.

OP should clean up that marketing pitch. I think it’s a good service that doesn’t have to be sold by shaming the potential customer.

Source: https://disabilitease.com/percentage-world-deaf/

2 comments

> The rate is 5%.

And they don't all use ASL, either. Not all deaf people rely on sign language, especially if they became deaf later in life, and there are numerous other sign languages used outside the US which aren't mutually intelligible with ASL.

> Thanks for your source. I will update the number!