HARD-OF-HEARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard-of-hearing mean? 

• HARD-OF-HEARING (adjective)
  The adjective HARD-OF-HEARING has 1 sense:

1. having a hearing loss

  Familiarity information: HARD-OF-HEARING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD-OF-HEARING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a hearing loss

Synonyms:

hard-of-hearing; hearing-impaired

Similar:

deaf (lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part)

 Context examples 

But about 2 or 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing.

(Hearing Problems in Children, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

People who are profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing can get help from them.

(Cochlear Implants, NIH)