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Recent Examples of hard of hearing
This allows people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf to understand speech.1
Cochlear implants use components inside and outside the body to stimulate hearing.
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
Subtitles and captions for videos and audio descriptions for complex visuals are essential for users who are hard of hearing, visually impaired or those who prefer reading to engage with content.
—Beth Worthy, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Super Loud Vibrating Alarm Clock is the top pick for those who are hard of hearing in our guide to The Best Extreme Alarm Clocks.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
The show runs until Aug. 10 with shows every Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Every Wednesday, the production also offers accessibility services for audience members who are blind/low vision or deaf/hard of hearing.
—Kara King, Austin American-Statesman, 18 July 2024
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
Subtitles and captions for videos and audio descriptions for complex visuals are essential for users who are hard of hearing, visually impaired or those who prefer reading to engage with content.
—Beth Worthy, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Photograph: Molly Higgins Super Loud Vibrating Alarm Clock for $18 ($6 off)
Amazon
The Super Loud Vibrating Alarm Clock is the top pick for those who are hard of hearing in our guide to The Best Extreme Alarm Clocks.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
The show runs until Aug. 10 with shows every Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Every Wednesday, the production also offers accessibility services for audience members who are blind/low vision or deaf/hard of hearing.
—Kara King, Austin American-Statesman, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard of hearing
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With a relatively meager $170 million endowment, the university which employs more than 230 professors, many of whom are deaf, would struggle to recoup the loss of federal money.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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Early on, her allegiances are torn between her support of her deaf classmates and the feminist win represented by a woman being chosen to lead the university.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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Grayson is blind, the result of a rare genetic disorder that stunts the development of the iris and the crystalline lens covering the eye.—
Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Rather a full-throated, almost blind faith in and validation of her emotions at a global level.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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In the film, Leo, described as a mute young orphan girl with a world of thoughts inside her, and Lou, a jaded, middle-aged nihilist, take a journey together.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Joel Kinnaman plays Brian, a regular guy who becomes a super-buff warrior after gang members accidentally kill his son and leave Brian permanently mute — hence, an action film in which there’s virtually no dialogue.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
8 Feb. 2025
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More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 -- generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds.—
Sarah Boden,
ABC News,
10 Feb. 2025
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Pruning stimulates vigorous growth which will be more susceptible to the fatal fire blight. Annuals and perennials ▪ Selectively removing only obviously diseased portions of roses infected with rose rosette virus.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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Both were charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult’s death.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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