hard of hearing

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Recent Examples of hard of hearing With a film that attracts deaf and hard of hearing audiences, O’Daniel and Davis focused on captions that would make the film more immersive and easier to follow. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025 Accessibility and Sustainability Three Premier City View rooms are outfitted with accessibility features (such as roll-in showers and visual alarms) for people who are hard of hearing, and two premium city views are able to accommodate wheelchair users and/or those who are hard of hearing. Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2025 He’s known about the popularity of hockey within the Deaf and hard of hearing communities for years. Scott Powers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 That said, Delaney also understood the limitations for the deaf and hard of hearing to become hockey fans. Scott Powers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hard of hearing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard of hearing
Adjective
  • The reference to the band's 1969 rock opera — about the fictitious Tommy Walker, who is deaf, nonverbal, and blind — earned a laugh from the crowd.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Three Phoenix police officers will receive 24-hour, unpaid suspensions, and two of them must undergo more training, after the arrest of a deaf man who has cerebral palsy last year, the police chief said Wednesday.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This sentiment reflects what many professionals are seeking--not just blind hope but tangible pathways to growth and recognition.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • And what if the U.S. turns a blind eye to Russia fully annexing Ukraine and China fully annexing Taiwan?
    Ron Insana, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Where do the natural wonders of America’s wildlife in its mute creatures—the tortoises, birds, bumblebees, flowers, fish and forests—fit in the fiscal tug-of-war amid current political winners and losers?
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The man stared at the Ukrainian soldiers for a moment, attentive to the mouths of those mute men talking over each other.
    Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, choose a different spot to plant your tree where nothing diseased has been growing. 6.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This allows doctors to deliver more aggressive and targeted medicine to the diseased cells and limit damage to the healthy ones.
    Dayna Copeland, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, there is no formal provision in canon law for an incapacitated pope, and there are no current signs that Francis is unable to govern.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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