Sign For "single Sided Deaf"?

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Faith_Gabrielle

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Can anyone tell me what the sign is for "single sided deaf" (a.k.a unilateral deaf)?

I'm SSD but cannot for the life of me find anywhere that shows the proper ASL sign for it. Thanks!
 
I don't see it often but I have only seen people use "1/2 deaf" and then point to the deaf ear. A lot of single-sided deaf people identify as Hearing and don't sign so that may be why I don't see it often.
 
In my case, I divide my head into left and right (draw a line, using a B hand down the centre) then with one hand sign DEAF (on the deaf side) and with the other hand sign HH (for my hard of hearing side)

For pure SSD, you could sign DEAF for one side, HEARING for the other.
 
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