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Recent Examples of hard of hearing
But as companies race to automate their customer service operations in recent years, many are inadvertently creating new barriers for deaf and hard of hearing people.
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Chris Soukup, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Around 13% of the United States' population is deaf or hard of hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
Rust, 83, who is hard of hearing and has cancer in his right arm, was in one of the hundreds of homes that was inundated with floodwaters from the Little Sioux River on Saturday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
My daughter and mom can’t communicate well due to the language barrier and because my mom is hard of hearing.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Chris Soukup, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Around 13% of the United States' population is deaf or hard of hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
Rust, 83, who is hard of hearing and has cancer in his right arm, was in one of the hundreds of homes that was inundated with floodwaters from the Little Sioux River on Saturday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
My daughter and mom can’t communicate well due to the language barrier and because my mom is hard of hearing.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard of hearing
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Catherine’s husband has also been unable to hear her, deaf to anything but the gonging of his own jealous rage.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Amid the heartbreak in Lewiston, where 18 people were massacred on the evening of Oct. 25, 2023, at a bowling alley hosting a youth night and a bar where deaf people were playing cornhole, the gunman's family contemplated remaining quietly in the shadows.Brenda Breslauer, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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How can so many in our government have turned a blind eye to this catastrophe?Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, Jones had most recently produced the 2014 documentary Keep on Keepin’ On, about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his mentorship of blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin.Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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However, give yourself permission to mute group chats with friends if the conversation or information shared feels overwhelming.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Please check back again soon for the recorded video. LIVE VIDEO TO BEGIN AFTER AD Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Use up and down arrows to change volume, and spacebar or enter to toggle mute.Will Knight, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Fever is the mark of eros; the decay of a diseased body signifies life itself.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trim away diseased roots, disinfecting your pruners between cuts.Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024
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Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent).Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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In March, 16 days after Sirica first treated the incapacitated red-tailed hawk, Paula Goldberg, former executive director of City Wildlife, opened the trunk of her Toyota SUV to reveal a small white box perforated with air holes.ByDina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024
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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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