Can't quite tell... If the soloist in the verses has a bit of a "deaf accent" of not... I'm thinking not. But I suppose a deaf or slightly deaf pop musician isn't impossible.
And I'm assuming my speakers aren't damaged and the staticky sound is in the music...

I cranked it up a bit. I'm not hearing a deaf accent. I think it was the effects processing and not hearing it clearly enough. Something feels swallowed up at the ends of his lyrics.