As per rpwd act 2016, who is termed as deaf?

The Right to Person with Disability Act, 2016 provides that “the appropriate Government shall ensure that the PWD enjoy the right to equality, life with dignity, and respect for his or her own integrity equally with others.”

Key Points In the RPWD Act, 2016, the list of disabilities has been expanded from 7 to 21 conditions.

• It states that a person having 70 dB hearing loss in both ears would be termed as deaf.
• It now also includes cerebral palsy, dwarfism, muscular dystrophy, acid attack victims, hard of hearing, speech and language disability, specific learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, chronic neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, and blood disorders.
• The Act provides an elaborate definition of mental illness which is “a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation, or memory.​

Hence we conclude that according to the Right to Person with Disability Act, 2016 a person having 70 dB hearing loss in both ears would be termed as deaf.