Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a reduced ability to hear, but not fully deaf; partly deaf.
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- adjective having a hearing loss
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Examples
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This is a six-week intensive, graduate-level training program that prepares teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing to meet the special needs of children with cochlear implants.
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This is a six-week intensive, graduate-level training program that prepares teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing to meet the special needs of children with cochlear implants.
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And as anyone with a hard-of-hearing parent or grandparent knows, once hearing aids are procured, it's often a hard sell to persuade loved ones to wear them.
Better Hearing Is Being Made More Convenient Alexandra Wexler 2011
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Introduced the Little Rock Foundation Family Resource Room, a resource room for blind, visually impaired, deaf and hard-of-hearing children and their families.
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The article also mentions issues that affect the hard-of-hearing.
Apollo's Daughter :: February 8th, 2009 apollosdtr 2009
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Aposhian, a professor at the University of Arizona whom Allen described as “an elderly, hard-of-hearing toxicologist with a halo of white hair surrounding his large bald pate,” had written an expert report detailing how thimerosal caused “injury to the developing brains of human embryos and young children” such as Michelle.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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His worst injury was to his right eardrum: the blast left him hard-of-hearing for life.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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His worst injury was to his right eardrum: the blast left him hard-of-hearing for life.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Are you trying to encourage hard-of-hearing folks to boycott you?
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The article also mentions issues that affect the hard-of-hearing.
Apollo's Daughter :: Speaking of design... apollosdtr 2009
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