Throwing in my two cents but he sounds "normal" to me. I wouldn't have even know him to have a hearing loss because he sounds just fine. He sounds more "normal" than I do since English is my second language.
So my assumption by hearing him talk "normally" is that he wouldn't have a hearing loss since birth. Nice to know that he did so I wouldn't make that assumption that just because they talk "good" doesn't mean there isn't a hearing loss present.
Though the girl I knew growing up who was deaf still sounded like she had deaf accent and she was oral and knew sign language (went to a deaf school for several years of her life). She spoke very well but she also chose to sign at times when she wanted to. I don't know the amount of her hearing loss but she never acquired "normal speech" either.
However, Prince Phillip's mother was profoundly deaf and I watched a video of her speaking before...she seemed to have a small 'accent' but her accent being British I couldn't tell.
Each person is different and the above examples is just one to prove that people chose on how they want to communicate and use their oral skills, if they have them in situations they chose.
Some HOH/deaf people have been pointed out to have clear speech and yet there are even children with normal hearing who don't sound normal.
Though I don't blame people for going choosing not to speak because they may sound "funny" (not quite the same but how I can sorta relate to people poking fun at how you don't sound "normal" because of your speech, in a different manner than those here on the forum however) but there are times that oral skills may be handy just as signing/whatever skills can be handy.
I remember learning English I had to beg people to speak slowly simply because English was so weird to me. I learned to communicate in time, in my own manner.
I guess the language example is not the best but luckily with all of these experiences I've read about it is nice to have some opinions on some and learn that certain approaches are not best for all.
Personally, if I had a deaf/HOH child I would use some speech therapy and use ASL as an approach. I think deafdyke has mentioned that before in some posts in other threads...I think after reading both sides I would want my child to have a way they could get by but I wouldn't want to make them miserable either by being forced to only have an oral approach. However, I'd also want my child to have a bit of oral skills in case they needed them for emergencies or so forth.
I guess my approach would be a bad one but I'd jump on the opportunity for my child to know two languages...would help them later in life either way.
Though...I dunno if my opinion really helps either argument here.