Modifies a noun

• ear: The Referee will need to learn how to balance ' turning a deaf ear ' with ' wielding a big stick ' .

• child: All deaf children to have a positive Deaf identity.

• pupil: Most of the deaf pupils are boarders who live a long way away.

• people: Wales have a strong Forum now, set up in 1995 by deaf people for deaf people in their area.

• recipient: Your sponsorship is covering all areas of his training, together with his future with our deaf recipient.

• mute: There are 650 deaf mutes under the care of the mission, some of whom are blind as well.

Used with adjective complement

• bear: Were they born deaf, or did they become deaf?

• become: Were they born deaf, or did they become deaf?

• go: And is it really true that you are going deaf?

Modifying Another Word

• profoundly: For example, a bank should ask a profoundly deaf person what sort of communication support they prefer.

• prelingually: Some prelingually deaf people have English as a preferred language and rely on speechreading.

• congenitally: Recently, a very few congenitally deaf children have been implanted with an auditory brainstem implant in Europe.

• severely: Jordan has a hearing loss Jordan wears two hearing aids and is severely deaf.

• partially: Then, the partially deaf old fellow, with the speech defect, presumed as a result of private school sodomy.

• totally: With the totally deaf, you're on yer own.

Preposition: in

• ear: He/she may also be slightly deaf in the glue ear.

Preposition: from

• birth: After all, how do people think who are completely deaf from birth and have never heard a word spoken?

Preposition: since

• childhood: Susan Mills has been profoundly deaf since childhood, and owing to an allergy she is unable to wear hearing aids.

• birth: He has Usher syndrome so he has been profoundly deaf since birth and his eyesight will deteriorate with time.