-
- To save this word, you'll need to log in.
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
Examples of hard of hearing in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Lauren Goode: The ironic part about this is that in the past, Google has really boasted about its live transcription technology and some of its other accessibility features that give you live captions, for example, that are supposed to be useful to the hard of hearing community.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
Patrons with mobility impairments and deaf or hard of hearing patrons can request an accessibility wristband at the access center.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
The accessibility wristband allows the patron plus one companion to enter the accessible viewing areas or the deaf and hard of hearing areas.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
For example, many include strobe lights in addition to sounds, which can be helpful for those who are hard of hearing, don’t want to wake sleeping babies, or startle pets.
—Jenna Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2024
Stephanie Wittels Wachs, who founded Let Texas Hear, has two children who are hard of hearing.
—Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
Add in the centuries of marginalization experienced by Deaf and hard of hearing communities, and establishing concrete relationships between SLs becomes extremely difficult.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
In October, the Lyric became the first opera company to offer the shirts to audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
Designed for people who are hard of hearing or deaf, the Xander glasses generate text captions of a conversation in real time for the wearer.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'hard of hearing.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Word History
First Known Use
1564, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near hard of hearing
Cite this Entry
“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 19 May. 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
More from Merriam-Webster on hard of hearing
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share