PROFOUNDLY DEAF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does profoundly deaf mean? 

• PROFOUNDLY DEAF (adjective)
  The adjective PROFOUNDLY DEAF has 1 sense:

1. totally deaf; unable to hear anything

  Familiarity information: PROFOUNDLY DEAF used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROFOUNDLY DEAF (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Totally deaf; unable to hear anything

Synonyms:

deaf as a post; profoundly deaf; stone-deaf; unhearing

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

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

(Cochlear Implants, NIH)

One day afterward, the researchers found that the mice lacking FOXO3 had become profoundly deaf.

(Protein involved in hearing loss recovery, NIH)

In profoundly deaf children, the auditory system undergoes a functional reorganisation, repurposing itself to respond more to visual stimuli, for example.

(Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound, University of Cambridge)