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

While many Catholic churches ring small bells for auditory cues, the deep vibrations of the drum beat ripple through the wooden pews of this Dunning neighborhood chapel, a tactile prompt for its predominantly deaf and hard of hearing congregation. —Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024

Undaunted Guild is a group of players from the deaf and hard of hearing community whose goal is creating an inclusive environment for people to play World of Warcraft. —Ryan Easby, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2024

Sall and three other students are part of a new approach in a small number of schools in Senegal that seat those who are deaf and hard of hearing with the rest of the class. —Andrei Popoviciu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024

Wong hopes her team – which is made up of deaf and hard of hearing folks, immigrants and people with disabilities – will be at the forefront of ushering in that progress. —Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1564, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hard-of-hearing

adjective

ˌhärd-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