It would almost certainly be a community with very few if not zero active posters, and there's already a few relevant communities on .world, and nothing's stopping people from posting d/Deaf or HoH-related content on other communities... But even keeping all that in mind, I still think having a /c/deaf would be nice anyways.
The community could also be called /c/dhoh or something else entirely, it depends on what people prefer.
Are you volunteering to moderate the community?
It would probably be best to find someone who's actually Deaf to moderate it. If no-one can be found, I will consider the position.
How does this process work, anyways? I take it that this request has enough upbears to be seriously considered for creation, so is it now like during the next mod drive there's going to be a section for people who want to moderate /c/deaf, and then after that the community will be created?
Once someone volunteers to moderate it I'll send a mod application and when it's filled out I'll create the community