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Caleb McDuff (born 20 January 2008) is a British go-kart racer. McDuff is profoundly deaf, after losing 90% of his hearing as a toddler, believed to be as a result of a series of ear infections. McDuff currently uses cochlear implants to hear, though these can not be used whilst he wears a crash helmet for racing. McDuff is currently the world's youngest deaf racing driver on a professional career path. McDuff currently races in the MSA Bambino Championship and races with team WIX Silence Racing, backed by British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team, WIX Racing. ==Deafness== McDuff was born 20 January 2008 in Abergavenny, South Wales and currently resides in Pontypool. Although he passed the new-born hearing tests, it was sometime prior to his second birthday that he lost approximately 90% of his hearing, leaving him classed as profoundly deaf. It is believed that McDuff's hearing loss was caused by chronic ear infections. As a toddler, McDuff was surgically implanted with cochlear implants. As a result of the implants, he has been able to adapt to the simulated hearing the implants give, and as such has developed aural communication, as well as use of British Sign Language. McDuff attends a mainstream school which has a specialist hearing impaired unit for support. He uses both spoken English and British Sign Language combined to communicate, in the form of Sign Supported English. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caleb McDuff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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