Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a diminished or defective sense of hearing, but not deaf; hard of hearing.
- adjective Completely incapable of hearing; deaf.
- noun Persons who are deficient in hearing or are deaf. Used with the:
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having some degree of
deafness ;Hard of hearing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a hearing loss
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Examples
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The facility is a product of Charles's charitable foundation, which he established in 1986 to serve the hearing-impaired.
Ray Charles Memorial Library opens in Southern California Sandy Cohen 2010
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Roberts criticized as "judicial activism" a court's order requiring a sign-language interpreter for a hearing-impaired public school student.
The Courts 2009
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Fields played Division I basketball despite being hearing-impaired.
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Ms. Jiau, in an unusual twist, was not taped by the government, as other defendants have been, but by one or more employees for a hearing-impaired New York hedge-fund manager named Samir Barai .
'Guilty' for Expert Consultant Chad Bray 2011
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The mother of the little hearing-impaired girl was never all that good but got through on a sympathy vote, only to be shot down on stage during Hollywood-in-Pasadena Day.
'American Idol' 2011 continues Hollywood Week [update -- video] Lisa de Moraes 2011
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Bay, who comes from a privileged background, is really the daughter of single mother Regina (Constance Marie) while Daphne, who is hearing-impaired, is actually the child of Kathryn(Lea Thompson) and John (D.W. Moffett).
Exclusive: Gilles Marini Joins Switched at Birth As Bay's Biological Father 2011
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As you can tell, I think this was a fairly dumb gag — offensive to the hearing-impaired, sure, but also just unoriginal.
Marlee Matlin spoofs self on Family Guy's 'Almost Live' special: Funny? | EW.com 2009
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Ms. Jiau, in an unusual twist, was not taped by the government, as other defendants have been, but by one or more employees for a hearing-impaired New York hedge-fund manager named Samir Barai .
'Guilty' for Expert Consultant Chad Bray 2011
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Any third-grader can riff on the kraaaazy way that some hearing-impaired people sound when they talk.
Marlee Matlin spoofs self on Family Guy's 'Almost Live' special: Funny? | EW.com 2009
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DEAR HEARING IMPAIRED: Many hearing-impaired people made similar suggestions.
Ask Amy washingtonpost.com 2010
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