NPR: D.J. Demers https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=g-s1-35365 en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 19:43:57 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: D.J. Demers https://www.npr.org/tags/g-s1-35365/d-j-demers Comic D.J. Demers jokes a lot about hearing loss — but won't be 'the hearing aid guy' Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2024/11/25/nx-s1-5065684/d-j-demers-stand-up https://www.npr.org/2024/11/25/nx-s1-5065684/d-j-demers-stand-up

Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special.

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