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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
Examples of hard of hearing in a Sentence
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For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 800-273-8255.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 June 2024
In addition to offering a neat way to translate videos into a user’s native tongue, Edge’s new AI feature should also make videos more accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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
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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 12 Jun. 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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