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Paxman, 52, says the money has been a godsend, especially after her husband Jon went deaf and lost his job as a music arranger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Early Saturday morning however, he was woken up by a video call from his elderly parents -- who are both deaf -- and rushed back to help.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Deaf artist Cathy Mager, who set up Spectroscope in 2022 to create radical public installations by deaf and disabled people, said the city is lucky to have cultural institutions who value inclusion.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Most arts organisations are committed to accessibility but there's a difference between access and showing work by deaf and disabled people," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s the same one I’ve asked him for years, but all I’m ever met with are deaf ears and sealed lips.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

As it dawns on her how dangerous and unwieldy the company she wants to inherit actually is, Shiv no longer tries to make herself useful to her dad — and Logan’s ears turn deafer.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021

“I’m getting more deafer and my wife is getting more louder,” he said with a laugh.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2017

This suggests a co-evolutionary struggle in which the mother’s body becomes deafer as the offspring becomes louder.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 27, 2011

He was aware of being able to see increasingly clearly, and as I've got deafer I've noticed that I'm using my eyes better.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2010

Old Gamgee did not look much older, but he was a little deafer.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

But even the deafest and most stay-at-home began to hear queer tales; and those whose business took them to the borders saw strange things.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Apparently he was the deafest retainer that a peeress of the realm ever left in charge of a princely pile.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

Of all old women hard of hearing, The deafest, sure, was Dame Eleanor Spearing!

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood

I have talked my throat hoarse to each of the very deafest old ladies in turn,—I suppose they came here purposely to be screeched at,—and I saw you working valiantly among the old men.

From Only an Incident by Grace Denio Litchfield

The parties were as deaf as deaf could be, The judge was far the deafest of the three.

From Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series by James Williams