hearing-impaired
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]hearing-impaired (comparative more hearing-impaired, superlative most hearing-impaired)
- Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.
- As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid.
Usage notes
[edit]- Within the deaf community, the terms deaf/Deaf and hard-of-hearing are usually preferred as they do not refer to the condition as an impairment.
Translations
[edit]hard of hearing
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