I think what matters is what you feel comfortable with. If deaf feels true to you and accurately describes the accommodations and needs you have and it helps others understand that, then use it. If you feel like "hard of hearing" better fits you, use that.
When I taught in public school, I had one student with a profound hearing loss and bilateral cochlear implants who felt more comfortable with the term "person with a hearing loss" and another with a mild-moderate loss who didn't use hearing aids, could speak fluently but used Deaf because her parents were Deaf and she used ASL.
