K-pop’s first deaf group , Big Ocean, is composed entirely of deaf and hard-of-hearing artists.  Members include PJ (a YouTuber who educated viewers about deaf culture), Jiseok (a professional ski racer) and Chanyeon (who worked as an audiologist and wears a hearing device with Bluetooth that streams music to him directly from mobile devices.). Big Ocean incorporates sign language into their performances, including Korean Sign Language, American Sign Language and Internationa

David Smith was born with 10-20% hearing and now relies on hearing aides and lip reading. Smith told Trib Total Media: “I think sometimes...