I'm so sorry to hear this - it is so horribly dangerous to walk along the tracks at any time, but for the hearing impaired even a sidewalk can be dangerous, let alone railroad tracks.
I was profoundly deaf in my early childhood (unknown to my parents until discovered later), and corrected by surgery when I was five. I cannot count how many times I was nearly run over by bikes, cars, and even pedestrians because I could not hear them coming. As a hearing person, I really take these things for granted, but it makes all the difference when out in the world.
May God comfort her family.
Same here, but we didn't catch it in time, and surgery wasn't an option, although hearing aids have helped for the last 29 years.
This can also be a problem with those that have SSD (Single Sided Deafness). My dear husband lost the hearing in his left ear to a brain tumor (acustic neuroma) in 2002.
Being able to hear from only one side has many complications. He cannot hear cars approaching him from the left. This is especially dangerous in a parking lot. Another issue with SSD is that you can hear a sound but you cannot identify the direction of that the sound, so if someone calls his name he cannot tell if they are on his right, left or behind him.