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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.
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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
Interpretation Added to Other Shows PBS KIDS is also reaching children who are Deaf and hard of hearing by adding American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation to a variety of shows.
—Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
Many of the people involved have worked at the Little Theatre of Manchester previously, and 10 of the 19 cast members are deaf or hard of hearing, according to Kate Brophy, who is co-directing the show with Niki Mallach.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2024
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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
Interpretation Added to Other Shows PBS KIDS is also reaching children who are Deaf and hard of hearing by adding American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation to a variety of shows.
—Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
Many of the people involved have worked at the Little Theatre of Manchester previously, and 10 of the 19 cast members are deaf or hard of hearing, according to Kate Brophy, who is co-directing the show with Niki Mallach.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard of hearing
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Collectively, these films cover topics such as Native American rights, media reporting on transgender issues, decolonization, disabled communities and navigating Hollywood as a deaf actor.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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Gladys Anthony, who is deaf, died in surgery at a Saint Louis hospital after the attack in her Walnut Park West neighborhood, the St. Louis Metro Police Department reported.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For children to collect SSI they must be disabled or blind, according to the Social Security Administration.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Regan befriended Bridger, who died in 1881 blind and penniless after living his final years in Westport, and rubbed shoulders with the James brothers.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Above that are two volume buttons, and the traditional mute switch is above.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Most are mute of tone, ghostly and compelled by nothing but seeking sustenance.—
William Earl,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2025
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With research conducted in both healthy and diseased populations, ranging from menopause to ALS, Parkinson’s disease to frailty, boosting NAD+ to youthful levels has proven to have a number of benefits.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Jan. 2025
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The same impulse eventually drove Gandhi from power in 1977 and in the long run opened the door to the victory of India’s current prime minister, Narendra Modi, who portrays himself as a political outsider with a mandate to cure the ills of a diseased democracy.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 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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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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