hearing-impaired

English

Adjective

hearing-impaired (comparative more hearing-impaired, superlative most hearing-impaired)

Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.
As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid.

Usage notes

Within the deaf community, the terms deaf/Deaf and hard-of-hearing are usually preferred as they do not refer to the condition as an impairment.

Translations

hard of hearing

French: malentendant (fr)
Italian: audioleso (it)

Occitan: malausent, malentendent, dur d'aurelha

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