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hard of hearing
[ hahrd-uhv-heer-ing ]
adjective
- having reduced or deficient hearing ability; having mild, moderate, or severe hearing loss:
We provide amplified phones for those who are hard of hearing so that they can communicate with friends and family.
noun
- people who have reduced or deficient hearing ability:
Besides being an aid for the hard of hearing, subtitles improve comprehension for viewers learning a different language.
hard of hearing
adjective
- deaf or partly deaf
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the hard of hearing
Usage
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Origin of hard of hearing1
Idioms and Phrases
Somewhat deaf, having a partial loss of hearing. For example, You'll have to speak distinctly; Dad's a little hard of hearing . The use of hard in the sense of “difficulty in doing something†survives only in this expression. [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
Speech-to-text programs are becoming more popular for everyday tasks like hands-free dictation, helping people who are visually impaired, and transcribing speech for those who are hard of hearing.
Home-schooled by her parents, Thea, who like Stine is hard of hearing, is further isolated by her parents’ refusal to adapt to her disability.
A Deaf- and family-owned business, Pi00a sells Neapolitan pizzas with Asian influences and a mission to provide jobs for the hard of hearing.
Mr Osei also criticised Ms Pokua for saying that Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, who is in his 70s, was hard of hearing.
That will be the case in the Cup Final for Jason Altmann, who is third generation Deaf and P-X-P’s chief operating officer, and Noah Blankenship from Denver’s Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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