If a deaf person has the audio playing right next to them then the soundwave is of very close proximity and the energy will easily affect their being. But if the audio is on in the bedroom and they are in the living room then the sound won’t affect them at all. Were it someone who’s brain is able to process the auditory information (fancy way of saying… not deaf lol) then the person in the living room can still be affected by the audio if its loud enough to hear.