I have profound hearing loss. I still speak well (late-deafened). I tell people I'm deaf/HoH. Basically, as far as I'm concerned, I'm HoH when I have my HAs on because I can hear things and understand speech somewhat. Take them off and I barely hear some sounds with my better ear.
Last night when I took my HAs off, I could not even hear my own voice. But that's normal as my brain adjusts to not having the sound from the louder HAs.
