hearing-impaired

hearing-impaired definition - medical

hearing-impaired

adjective
  1. Having a diminished or defective sense of hearing, but not deaf; hard of hearing.
  2. Completely incapable of hearing; deaf.
noun
Persons who are deficient in hearing or are deaf.

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