The specific culture of people with hearing loss in the inner or outer ear has two different spellings to refer to themselves or others, depending on whether or not the person we refer to identifies as a member of the community or not.
When spelled with a small d, it usually refers to those who do not try to connect with other people in the community, as they identify themselves with hearing people, while when spelled with a capital D, it refers to those who share a powerful identification that makes them part of the community.
