Definitions
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- adjective Unable to
hear , i.e.deaf .
Etymologies
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non- + hearing
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Examples
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Was it the hearing, or the nonhearing, or was it the discussions over the weekend?
Announcement By Governor William Weld ITY National Archives 1997
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They were motivated by studies indicating chronic noise exposure can lead to a host of nonhearing-related health problems, including cardiac events in adults and learning deficits in children.
unknown title 2009
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Grigely calls this "lipmisreading," a source of frustration and poetry for nonhearing lip readers.
artforum.com 2009
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