I'm hard of hearing. It's possible I'll completely lose my hearing and it's possible that I won't. As of now I can hear most things, if there's not a lot of background noise. I can't hear quiet rains on the roof, but a hard rain I can. I have to ask people to repeat themselves sometimes but, again, it depends on how much noise there is around me. I have a constant ringing in my right ear and frequent ringing in my left. Overall it could be worse.
I've learned some sign language and kick butt at finger spelling in ASL, so that's cool. (=