That's hard to know how long because I start losing my hearing slowly growing up, I used to hear music and other sounds, now that I've lost more hearing during my years of high school, I can't hear music as well I used to. So, really it is hard to say how long I've been deaf for.
when i was born I had an infection so i was esentialy Deaf i have had a decline in my hearing eversince it had cleard up my hearing in my left ear is faily usless.