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hard of hearing
adjective
: relating to or having partial hearing loss
people who are hard of hearing
the deaf and hard of hearing community
… the task force … will ask the Nebraska Department of Education to hire a national consulting firm with expertise in the area of deaf and hard of hearing education to analyze Nebraska's system.—Margaret Reist
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The month is dedicated to bringing awareness to the unique communication needs of people who identify as Deaf or hard of hearing and highlighting Deaf issues, people and culture, according to the university.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
But as companies race to automate their customer service operations in recent years, many are inadvertently creating new barriers for deaf and hard of hearing people.
—Chris Soukup, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Around 13% of the United States' population is deaf or hard of hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
Rust, 83, who is hard of hearing and has cancer in his right arm, was in one of the hundreds of homes that was inundated with floodwaters from the Little Sioux River on Saturday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1564, in the meaning defined above
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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
hard-of-hearing
adjectiveˌhärd-ə(v)-ˈhi(ə)r-iŋ
: relating to or having a faulty but functional sense of hearing
Medical Definition
hard of hearing
adjective
hard of hear·ing
ˌhärd-ə(v)-ˈhi(ə)r-iŋ
: relating to or having partial hearing loss
adults who are hard of hearing
the deaf and hard of hearing community
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