Far be it for me to say ya or na, I still hear some sound but can only understand, hum about 1/3 maybe 1/4, of spoken language, I called myself hard of hearing and hearing aids give me environmental sound but not of of spoken word, so I finely excepted deaf, so, anyway that's your journey, I can't speak for all here, but anyone that wants to learn sign is welcome aboard. It helps us all 
