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hearing-impaired

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having a hearing loss

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hard-of-hearing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: slechthorend — hard of hearing
  • French: malentendant — hard of hearing
  • German: hörbehindert — hard of hearing
  • Icelandic: heyrnarskertur — hard of hearing
  • Indonesian: tunarungu — hard of hearing
  • Italian: audioleso — hard of hearing
  • Occitan: malausent — hard of hearing
  • Occitan: malentendent — hard of hearing
  • Occitan: dur d'aurelha — hard of hearing
  • Polish: niedosłyszący — hard of hearing
  • Polish: słabosłyszący — hard of hearing
  • Swedish: hörselskadad — hard of hearing
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