I am hoh and I can hear pretty much without my hearing aid in my right ear. You said couldnt hear fully? Then how do you explain that I can hear phone ring, truck went by, kids yelling, dogs barking while im sleeping and waking me up etc. I do understand some of it as I am accusomted to the noises growing up. I only can hear high pitch noises but not the low noises.
Keep in mind that lot of individuals have different level of hearing loss. it can be low pitch, high pitch, tone, and so many etc. not all are same. it varies on individuals on how severe it is. some of them have small loss and yet they still can hear? so some can hear fully even slight loss of hearing loss.
anyway back to topic.. hoh have same meaning as Deafness. both are hearing loss.
lot of my friends have accepted that I can hear some and it helped them somewhat like when teacher are not in classroom and i have to listen for their footprints if they are coming or not or interpret for them if they want to order foods etc. so I have no plms with it...
