Anything for attention, special treatment and a feeling they’re different. People have lost their minds and there will be people that once again, affirm this.
In health care regular and psych hospitals people pretend to be deaf so they will receive special treatment.
I recall a woman a neighbor’s child who was in the hospital when I arrived . I said ok you are deaf but not when I’m here. It was her OH SH## moment. We reported that although deaf she regained her hearing throughout the weekend. Iirc she was escorted out Monday morning.